The Lighthouse |
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Author:
| James, P. D. |
Series title: | Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-102868-2 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Combe Island off the Cornish coast offers rest and seclusion to over-stressed professionals who have paid the price of getting to the top. But when one of these distinguished visitors is found hanging from the top of the island's lighthouse, murder - not suicide - is suspected.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are immediately called in- the investigation must be swift, discreet, decisive. However, Dalgliesh has his work cut out, since both residents and visitors to Combe Island...
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Combe Island off the Cornish coast offers rest and seclusion to over-stressed professionals who have paid the price of getting to the top. But when one of these distinguished visitors is found hanging from the top of the island's lighthouse, murder - not suicide - is suspected.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are immediately called in- the investigation must be swift, discreet, decisive. However, Dalgliesh has his work cut out, since both residents and visitors to Combe Island guard their privacy well - even when murder makes a suspect. Does the islanders' reticence betray a knowledge of the crime? Another death and Dalgliesh's own life in danger throws the entire investigation into jeopardy . . .