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

P. D. James

ISBN 10: 0571229182 / ISBN 13: 9780571229185

Edité par Faber & Faber, London, 2005

A propos de cet article

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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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE LIGHTHOUSE (First edition - first impression - SIGNED by the author)
• Éditeur: Faber & Faber, London
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0571229182
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780571229185
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• Impression: First Impression
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • 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 than 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.

À propos de l?auteur

P. D. James (1920-2014) was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer best known for her books starring poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh. She wrote nineteen novels as well as several short story collections and works of non-fiction. Her work has been translated into thirty-six languages, and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Among many international prizes, awards and honours, she received the highest honours in both British and American crime writing: the CWA Diamond Dagger for a lifetime contribution to the genre, and the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She was inducted into the Crime Writing Hall of Fame in 2008.

Beyond her writing, she worked in the National Health Service and then in the Home Office for over thirty years, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department, and made use of all this experience in her novels. She served as president of the Society of Authors for sixteen years, and was a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1983 she was awarded an OBE, and she was made a life peer in 1991. She died in 2014.