The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #13)

ISBN: 9780307275738

出版社: Vintage

出版年: 2006-10-10

页数: 400

定价: USD 14.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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 to have been a murder, the peace is shattered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to handle the sensitive case, but at a difficult time for him and his depleted team. He is uncertain about his future with his girlfriend Emma Lavenham; his principle detective Kate Miskin is going through an emotional crisis; and the ambitious Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is not happy about having a female boss. After a second brutal killing, the whole investigation is jeopardized, and Dalgliesh is faced with a danger even more insidious than murder.

作者简介

菲莉斯．桃樂賽．詹姆士

英國小說家。出生倫敦牛津，受完高中教育。二十一歲與一位醫生結褵，後丈夫因病長期臥床，為生活計，展開其長達三十年的公務員生涯，前後任職醫療及警政等部門，退休前的職位為內政部犯罪防治署署長。退休後，在文壇及社會界仍十分活躍，一九九一年獲英國皇室封贈女男爵勳位。

詹姆士前半生繁於公務，至三十八歲才一圓作家夢，四十二歲出了第一本小說，旋即引起重視。她雖然著作不多（至今小說共十三本），但獲獎無數，其中就包括「英國犯罪作家協會」、「愛倫坡獎」的重要獎項七座，是繼桃樂絲．賽兒絲、阿嘉莎．克莉斯蒂之後最受注意的女性推理小說家。

其小說特色在於佈局細密，大力著墨於人物性格的刻劃，並成功地熔冶古典推理與現代文學於一爐。作品以「亞當．戴立許探長」系列為著。

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