THE LIGHTHOUSE (First edition - first impression - SIGNED by the author)

P. D. James

ISBN 10: 0571229182 / ISBN 13: 9780571229185

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2005

About this Item

First impression of the true first edition, with the full-number string sequence including the no. 1: 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on the printer's page. This copy SIGNED by the author in black pen on the title-page. ***Near fine in black boards with cream titles to the spine. the boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. No reading lean. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine, with no ownership inscriptions - just the signature of the author. No creases or tears. Pages clean. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £17.99. The dustwrapper is complete without any blemishes. No chips, tears or creases. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***323 pages. 242mm x 158 mm. ***'Combe 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. But 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.' ***'Unlike so many crime writers, James still has the power to move, fascinate and astonish.' Independent. ***'The greatest contemporary writer of classic crime.' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times. (Quote and review quotes taken from the front flap and back panel of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, this copy signed by the author, complete in its original dustwrapper in fine bright crisp collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LIGHTHOUSE (First edition - first impression - SIGNED by the author)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571229182
• ISBN 13: 9780571229185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: First Impression
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed & Limited Editions
  • Crime Fiction & True Crime
  • First Editions

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Synopsis

Combe 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. But 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 the ambitious Anglo-Indian Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under Kate. Hardly have the team begun to unravel the complicated motives of the suspects that there is a second brutal killing and the whole investigation is jeopardised when Dalgliesh is faced with a danger more insidious and as potentially fatal as murder.

This eagerly awaited successor to The Murder Room displays the qualities which aficionados have come to expect of P D James: sensitive characterisation, an exciting and superbly structured plot and vivid evocation of place. The Lighthouse is a subtle and powerful work of contemporary fiction.

About the Author

P.D. James served in the forensic and criminal justice departments of the Home Office until her retirement in 1979. She was made a Life Peer in 1991. Her detective novels include Cover Her Face, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Death of an Expert Witness, A Taste for Death, Original Sin, A Certain Justice, Death in Holy Orders and The Murder Room. Many of them have been adapted for television. Her autobiography Time to be in Earnest appeared in 1991.