Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | The Lighthouse |
| author | P.D. James |
| ISBN-10 | 0-141-02510-7 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-141-02510-0 |
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| date | 2019-May-05 |
A suspicious death on a small, secluded island with strictly controlled access and less than twenty people on the island. How hard can it be to investigate, find out whether it was suicide or murder? And if the latter, find the murderer?
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is not sent to investigate the incident on Combe Island because the case seems very difficult, but because it is highly sensitive and needs much discretion. Even though the number of possible suspects is very limited, all of them could possibly have a motive. And with only few people on the island nobody has seen anything.
The relaxed and tranquil atmosphere of the island finds its way into the story. It is not action loaded and fast paced, but not at all boring either. And also the reader is none the wiser than anyone in the book; P.D. James keeps the reader wondering and speculating to the end who has done it. If you are a non-native English speaker be warned that you will need a reasonably good command of the language, intermediate at the least. Don't expect to understand every word but don't be put off by it either, you can enjoy it and follow along even if you don't know all the words.
