![]() ![]() It is now a refuge for the powerful wanting to retreat, for a time, to a place where there would be no need for personal security measures beyond those afforded by the island itself. It is a very delicate task and one which, of necessity, must avoid the attentions of the media as Combe Island has now risen above its bloodstained antecedents where the original inhabitants were thought to enrich themselves from looted vessels. THE LIGHTHOUSE is a further episode in the adventures of Commander Adam Dalgliesh, the ever-popular protagonist who made his debut in the author's first novel.Ĭommander Dalgliesh is given the task of deciding whether the death of a writer on an isolated island off the Cornish coast is suicide or murder. P D James came relatively late to writing - she was 42 when her first book, COVER HER FACE appeared - but her long life has ensured an impressive bibliography. Both authors have received many awards and both have been rewarded by the Establishment in that each now bears the title of Baroness.ĭespite these superficial similarities, there would be little point in comparing the work of the two. ![]() ![]() P D James is, together with Ruth Rendell, one of the most enduring of British women crime fiction writers. ![]()
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