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Books : The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #13)
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780676978179
ISBN: 0676978177
Label: Vintage Canada
Manufacturer: Vintage Canada
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: April 25, 2006
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Studio: Vintage Canada
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction.
Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. Dalgliesh is uncertain about his future with Emma Lavenham, the woman he loves; Detective Inspector Kate Miskin has her own emotional problems; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under Kate. Hardly has the team begun to unravel the complicated motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing, and the whole investigation is jeopardized when Dalgliesh is faced with a danger more insidious and as potentially fatal as murder.
This eagerly awaited successor to the international bestseller The Murder Room displays all the qualities that lovers of P. D. James’s novels the world over have come to expect: sensitive characterization, an exciting and superbly structured plot and vivid evocation of place.
From the Hardcover edition.
Rating:
- Just as described
Great book, just like every single one written by P.D. James, a Scotland Yard investigation with famous Adam Dalgliesh, she makes you want to read the book just in one sitting!!!
Rating: - Still in top form at age 80
I always admire top authors who give nods to their contemporaries. P. D. James in this book makes a quick references to THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY and a more subtle reference to Stilla Remington's autobiography A nice touch there. Yet another nice touch is the importance given to the two subordinates assisting Dagleish. I hope that we'll see more of them.A large portion of the book is devoted to the introduction of characters,both those involved in the investigation and those who are ... Read More
Rating:
- A major flaw in the plot
I've been a fan of PD James for more than 30 years now and was looking forward to The Lighthouse. However, the book was completely ruined for me by a basic flaw -- the lighthouse.
It is a basic element of the plot that the island is in darkness at night, with the lighthouse shining out and away from the island itself. However, this is the only lighthouse on the island. If that is true, then the light on the lighthouse would be a rotating one. Shipping would not pass the island in just one direction, ... Read More
Rating: - Average, like most of her recent books
No, this is not a masterpiece ala her earlier works like The Black Tower or Death of an Expert Witness. However, it is not a washout either. Plotting never has been a particular strength of hers so it is unfair to criticize the book solely from a plot perspective. Having said that, there are several cringeworthy passages at critical junctures. Without revealing any critical spoilers, it is sufficient to state that Vasoline never should be used as a critical plotting device involving bra and panties. The setting ... Read More
Rating: - P.D James came down from a higher league.
No one currently writing can match her. She is in there with Dashiell Hammet.
I read "The Lighthouse", then bought a copy for a gift.
John Culleton
Rowse Reviews
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The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #13)
by: P. D. James
Price: 307,846.00
Prices excluding shipping charge.Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780676978179
ISBN: 0676978177
Label: Vintage Canada
Manufacturer: Vintage Canada
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: April 25, 2006
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Studio: Vintage Canada
Related Items:
- The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries)
- The Murder Room (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #12)
- A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries, No. 7)
- A Certain Justice (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #10)
- Original Sin (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #9)
- see more
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction.
Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered.
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. Dalgliesh is uncertain about his future with Emma Lavenham, the woman he loves; Detective Inspector Kate Miskin has her own emotional problems; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under Kate. Hardly has the team begun to unravel the complicated motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing, and the whole investigation is jeopardized when Dalgliesh is faced with a danger more insidious and as potentially fatal as murder.
This eagerly awaited successor to the international bestseller The Murder Room displays all the qualities that lovers of P. D. James’s novels the world over have come to expect: sensitive characterization, an exciting and superbly structured plot and vivid evocation of place.
From the Hardcover edition.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Just as describedGreat book, just like every single one written by P.D. James, a Scotland Yard investigation with famous Adam Dalgliesh, she makes you want to read the book just in one sitting!!!
Rating:
- Still in top form at age 80I always admire top authors who give nods to their contemporaries. P. D. James in this book makes a quick references to THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY and a more subtle reference to Stilla Remington's autobiography A nice touch there. Yet another nice touch is the importance given to the two subordinates assisting Dagleish. I hope that we'll see more of them.A large portion of the book is devoted to the introduction of characters,both those involved in the investigation and those who are ... Read More
Rating:
- A major flaw in the plotI've been a fan of PD James for more than 30 years now and was looking forward to The Lighthouse. However, the book was completely ruined for me by a basic flaw -- the lighthouse.
It is a basic element of the plot that the island is in darkness at night, with the lighthouse shining out and away from the island itself. However, this is the only lighthouse on the island. If that is true, then the light on the lighthouse would be a rotating one. Shipping would not pass the island in just one direction, ... Read More
Rating:
- Average, like most of her recent booksNo, this is not a masterpiece ala her earlier works like The Black Tower or Death of an Expert Witness. However, it is not a washout either. Plotting never has been a particular strength of hers so it is unfair to criticize the book solely from a plot perspective. Having said that, there are several cringeworthy passages at critical junctures. Without revealing any critical spoilers, it is sufficient to state that Vasoline never should be used as a critical plotting device involving bra and panties. The setting ... Read More
Rating:
- P.D James came down from a higher league.No one currently writing can match her. She is in there with Dashiell Hammet.
I read "The Lighthouse", then bought a copy for a gift.
John Culleton
Rowse Reviews
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
