The Lighthouse

First published 2005

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A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders.Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from the island’s famous lighthouse in what appears to have been a murder, the peace is shattered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to handle the sensitive case, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. He is uncertain about his future with his girlfriend Emma Lavenham; his principle detective Kate Miskin is going through an emotional crisis; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is not happy about having a female boss. After a second brutal killing, the whole investigation is jeopardized, and Dalgliesh is faced with a danger even more insidious than murder.

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P. D. James, 1920–2014, United Kingdom.

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Alfred A. Knopf

Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN
978-0-14-102868-2 +7
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
ISBNs
  • 978-0-14-102868-2
  • 978-0-307-27573-8
  • 978-0-7393-2558-2
  • 978-0-7394-6969-9
  • 978-0-14-104446-0
  • 978-0-571-32510-8
  • 978-0-14-190116-9
  • 978-0-571-24704-2
Author
James, P. D., 1920–2014
Statement
The Lighthouse / P. D. James.
Records
Open Library

Subjects

  • Murder
  • Police
  • Investigation
  • Islands
  • Seaside resorts
  • Dalgliesh, adam (fictitious character), fiction
  • Cornwall (england : county), fiction
  • Adam Dalgliesh (Fictitious character)
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Suspense fiction
  • Cornwall
  • England
  • Great Britain
  • Commander Adam Dalgliesh