- Murder, Police, Investigation, Fiction
From Amazon.com: 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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- P. D. James
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 426
- Publisher
- De Boekerij, Faber, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- Dutch, tur, German, French
- ISBN
- 9780141028682
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