num_pages: 480
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 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.
language: English
title: The Lighthouse
titlecomplete: The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh, #13)
characters: Adam Dalgliesh, Kate Miskin
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Thriller, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Murder Mystery, Suspense
ratings_count: 17713
places: Combe (an imaginary offshore island), Cornwall, England
series: Adam Dalgliesh
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd