The background information of every suspect is cleverly dispensed and interesting.
Of course, everyone has a good reason to kill the victim, and the characters depiction is the strong point of PD James. This fictional island never really came close to believable, nor did the reasons why beloved Inspector Dalgliesh should get there to solve the mystery in the first place.
Most books are supposed to work only if the reader benevolently suspends his/her disbelief, but here, unfortunately, I couldn’t. It’s a classic whodunit, set in a closed environment, as always, here a fictional island off Cornwall. If you’re an unconditional fan of PD James, my disappointed review won’t really deter you, but beware, there are spoilers ahead… But today, about her latest book, The Lighthouse, I’m going to commit the sacrilege. Together with Ruth Rendell, she is the queen of my personal crime fiction pantheon. (Dec.I find it almost sacrilegious to say anything bad about PD James’s mysteries. Devotees more interested in her hero's personal growth than his deductive technique will find much to enjoy. The solution, which hinges on the existence of an unknown child, is less than fully satisfactory and also borrows elements from some of James's recent plots. , it intrudes less on the murder inquiry. Because the detective's new romantic attachment is more of a backstory than in The Murder Room When Oliver is murdered, Scotland Yard dispatches Dalgliesh and two of his team to Combe, where the commander checks alibis and motives in his trademark understated manner. Acclaimed novelist Nathan Oliver incurs the wrath of his fellow residents on Combe Island, a private property off the Cornish coast used as an exclusive retreat by movers and shakers in many fields. (2001), focuses at first on a hostile character who threatens to shatter a longstanding way of life. British master James's 13th Adam Dalgliesh mystery, like its two predecessors, The Murder Room
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