James’s novels the world over have come to expect: sensitive characterization, an exciting and superbly structured plot and vivid evocation of place. This eagerly awaited successor to the international bestseller The Murder Room displays all the qualities that lovers of P. 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. With the island now quarantined, it is up to Kate to lead the investigation to its conclusion. Then another murder takes place and at the same time Dalgliesh is struck down by a serious illness. 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. The story examines each of the characters and their past interactions with Nathan Oliver the reasons why any of them could be the perfect murderer. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered.Ĭommander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly and discreetly, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. A subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction.Ĭombe 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.
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