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Description

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders. Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from the island’s famous lighthouse in what appears... read more

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First Sentence

At seven o'clock on the previous day in Atlantic Cottage on Combe Island, Emily Holcombe stepped out of her shower, tied a towel around her waist, and began smoothing moisturising cream into her arms and neck.

Table of Contents

Author's Note

Prologue

BOOK ONE

Death on an Offshore Island

BOOK TWO

Ashes in the Grate

BOOK THREE

Voices from the Past

BOOK FOUR

Under Cover of Darkness

Epilogue

Series

This is book 13 in the Adam Dalgliesh series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. P. D. James (Author)
 

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