Ingiliz suc romanlari yazari (Phyllis Dorothy James White) P. D. James’in dogum yildonumu (3 Agustos 1920)
“Cornish sahillerinde yer alan Combe adasinin kanli bir gecmisi vardir. Ancak simdi ozel bir vakif tarafindan yonetilen ada, gorevleri dolayisiyla fazlasiyla gergin ve cok unlu konuklara, stresli gorevlerine mola vererek soluklanmalari icin bir firsat sunmaktadir. Ama bu huzur ortami Combe adasindaki konuklardan birinin garip bir sekilde oldurulmesiyle bozulur. Bu garip cinayeti en kisa zamanda ve medya tarafindan duyulmadan aydinlatmasi icin Adam Dalgliesh goreve cagrilir. Dalgliesh, sevdigi kadin Emma Lavenham ile gelecegi konusunda emin degildir, Dedektif Mufettisi Kate Miskin'in kendi duygusal sorunlari vardir ve hirsli Anglo-Hintli Cavus Francis Benton-Smith, Kate’in altinda calismaktan endise duymaktadir. Ancak zamanlama, kendi ic dunyalarinda sorunlar yasayan Adam Dalgliesh ve ekibi icin uygun degildir. Tam karmasik cinayetin nedenlerini cozmeye ve suphelileri ortaya cikarmaya basladiklari sirada acimasiz bir cinayet daha islenir. Bu arada Dalgliesh'in sinsi bir tehlikeyle karsi karsiya kalmasi tum arastirmayi riske atar.”Deniz Feneri
“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 that 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.”
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