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ATIONALBESTSELLER Shocking.... Fascinating.... Sucks the reader in right from the dramatic first line. Los Angeles Times Part of the bestselling mystery series that inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TVWhen distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge defends a young man for the brutal murder of his mother, she views the case as simply another opportunity to demonstrate her brilliance in the courtroom. But within weeks of the trial Aldridge is found dead at her desk, a bloodstained barristers wig on her head. And as Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard attempts to make sense of events, the murders continue, inexorably spiraling into fresh complexities of horror.

Adam Dalgliesh, el detective poeta creado por P. D. James, necesita unas vacaciones. Acaba de publicar su último poemario y está cansado de investigar homicidios, así que decide tomarse un respiro fuera de Londres. Sin embargo, el destino elegido no es el mas apacible: esta situado en las costas de Norfolk, el area de accion de un asesino en serie que ha matado ya a cuatro mujeres. Dalgliesh, aunque a regañadientes, no tendra mas remedio que desenmarañar el entramado de intrigas y deseos que ha convertido toda la region en un infierno criminal.

Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and security. However, the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. 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 Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under her. Hardly have the team begun to unravel the motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing... Michael Jayston reads this complete, full-length novel about a murder in a secluded lighthouse, by bestselling author P. D. James The peace of Combe Island is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered murder, thriller, crimer, p d james, Michael Jayston, Combe Island, the lighthouse cd, the lighthouse audio, p d james audio, p d james cd, p d james lighthouse audio, p d james lighthouse cd, dalgliesh audio, dalgliesh cd, michael jayston audio, michael jayston cd, lighthouse unabridged

Novena entrega de la novela de misterio y crimen protagonizado por el detective Adam Dalgliesh, protagonista estrella de P.D. James. A orillas del T#mesis, en una r#plica de un palacio veneciano construido en 1830, se halla la editorial Peverell Press, una empresa familiar que un emprendedor y ambicioso franc#s se propone relanzar con todos los recursos del marketing moderno. Cuando el cad#ver del joven empresario aparece en uno de los locales de la editorial, el detective Adam Dalgliesh se hace cargo de investigar el caso. Para ello, se introducir# en un mundo de escritores narcisistas, turbias estrategias financieras y romances escandalosos.

When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of East Anglian coast, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death. Commander Adam Dalgliesh agrees to pay a visit to the young man's theological college, St Anselm's, a place he knew as a boy, expecting no more than a nostalgic return to old haunts and a straightforward examination of the evidence.