- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Vintage (2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0307275736
- ISBN-13: 978-0307275738
- Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 2.3 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,800,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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very good,
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This review is from: The Lighthouse (Paperback)
This novel is a very satisfying read, it has a wonderful build-up to the story, maybe too much history in presenting the different characters but the plot is well structured and very captivating.
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Great Book!,
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This review is from: The Lighthouse (Hardcover)
I could not put this book down, an absolutely engaging read. Full of twists turns and surprises. The suspense and thrills were nonstop. If you're looking for a good book then look no further, this is the one. I also suggest recommend David Demello's The Killing Game, another excellent suspense.
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Character Counts,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 112,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: The Lighthouse (Paperback)
Like many readers, I found The Murder Room to be a disappointing book. Had the inimitable P.D. James lost it?That concern is happily banished by reading the latest Adam Dalgliesh novel, The Lighthouse. On an isolated island in the Channel, retainers and a few guests enjoy tranquility and seclusion. A mysterious death occurs, and A.D. is called in to check things out. It seems that "higher persons" are about to retreat to Combe Island, and the unpleasantness needs to be sorted out before that can happen. A.D. is jolted out his is plans to spend a rare weekend with Emma Lavenham, the woman he has proposed to. Detective Inspector Kate Miskin finds herself faced with the prospect of having a new relationship interrupted. Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is nervous about working under DI Miskin. Next, we zoom to the island to meet the staff, permanent residents and visitors. They are an eclectic lot as such lands' end locations tend to attract. Miss Emily Holcombe is the last member of the family that deeded the island for its unique purpose. One visitor has come to take refuge from weighty family and public pressures. Another visitor has a hidden agenda. Some of the staff are like flotsam and jetsam, having washed up on Combe's shore when the mainland no longer seemed right for them. Two would like to escape as quickly as possible. At the center of these diverse persons is a world-famous novelist, Nathan Oliver, who was born on the island. Oliver is unable to experience emotions himself and prefers to stage crises so he can observe how those who do have strong emotions behave and speak. With Oliver are his daughter, who keeps house for him, and his own editor, who's on hand to help finish a new novel. Against this backdrop, the death occurs. A.D. and his team arrive and the book takes on the air of a police procedural as interviews and investigations proceed. But then two unexpected events occur that shift everyone's circumstances. The story quickly shifts off into an unexpected direction. Like a deus ex machina, the solution emerges from almost nowhere. That break in the case quickly sets in motion startling new challenges that bring the book to an interesting and rewarding conclusion. Although this story at first seems about the puzzle, P.D. James deftly enlarges her tale to help us think about the nature of parenthood and childhood. She also uses brief histories, vignettes and carefully defined action to illuminate and grow her characters in your mind. It's so subtle that it happens almost without her writing hand being seen. By isolating her characters on the island, she highlights them in the way a spotlight causes us to focus on the actors on a stage. In places, you'll feel And Then There Were None being evoked. Yet the story is fresh, unexpected and intriguing. In the end, I'm sure you'll agree with me that this book could easily have been called Character Counts. Bravo, Baroness!
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