He further learns that Nathan Oliver's father, Saul, and Jago's grandfather, Tom, played a role in the man's death.ĭr. Raimund Speidel, is the son of a German officer who died under tragic circumstances while visiting the island during World War II. Edith Gleinster, determines Oliver was throttled to death before a rope was tied around his neck and his body thrown over the side of the lighthouse railing.ĭalgliesh learns that a visiting dignitary from Germany, Dr.

Dalgliesh and his team arrive to investigate. The next morning, Oliver is discovered hanging from the island's historic lighthouse. Oliver is angry at Padgett, who dropped a phial of the author's blood into the sea while taking it to a doctor on the mainland for some medical tests. The reader is introduced to all the residents of the island, including Jago Tamlyn, the boatman, and Daniel Padgett, a handyman who is planning to leave after the recent death of his mother, who also worked on the island. Mark Yelland, who believes himself to be the model for an unpleasant character in Oliver's upcoming book. Oliver is also confronted at dinner by a scientist, Dr. The manager's secretary, a disgraced Anglican priest named Adrian Boyde, a recovering alcoholic, was tricked into 'falling off the wagon' by Oliver, and many people are disgusted with Oliver for his heartless, evil actions. The writer is pressuring the manager of the Combe Island Trust, Rupert Maycroft, to allow him to live in a cottage used by the sole remaining member of the family that owned the island for many years. Several people on the island find Oliver an unpleasant guest.

When he discovers them, Oliver reacts with fury and orders them to leave the island the next day. Famed novelist Nathan Oliver, who was born on the island and thus is allowed to visit as he wishes, arrives with his daughter, Miranda and his copy-editor, Dennis Tremlett, who, unbeknownst to Oliver, are having an affair. James, the thirteenth book in the classic Adam Dalgliesh mystery series.Īdam Dalgliesh is brought in to investigate the mysterious death of a famous writer on a remote and inaccessible island off the Cornish coast.Ĭombe Island is a discreet retreat operated by a private trust, where the rich and powerful find peace and quiet. Media_type = Print ( Hardcover, Paperback)

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