Adam Dalgliesh · Book 13
The Lighthouse
- Published
- 1 January 2005
- Pages
- 426
- ISBN-13
- 9780307275738
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Lighthouse (2005) is the thirteenth Dalgliesh novel, published as the Dalgliesh-Lavenham romance moved toward its resolution in the series' final two books. At 426 pages, it follows The Murder Room and precedes The Private Patient.
Its place in Adam Dalgliesh
The Lighthouse is book 13 in the Adam Dalgliesh series. It follows The Murder Room. It is followed by The Private Patient. See the full Adam Dalgliesh reading order.
Adam Dalgliesh is a Scotland Yard Commander who is also a published, critically respected poet -- a deliberate pairing that lets P. D. James write murder mysteries with the density and moral seriousness of literary fiction. Across fourteen novels spanning nearly half a century, James sets her cases in tightly closed, institutional worlds -- a forensic science lab, a theological college, a private psychiatric clinic, a publishing house, a remote island retreat -- and uses the murder investigation to expose the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780307275738