The Black Tower
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| The Black Tower | |
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 1st edition |
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| Author(s) | P. D. James |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Adam Dalgliesh #5 |
| Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Publication date | 1975 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Shroud for a Nightingale |
| Followed by | Death of an Expert Witness |
The Black Tower is an Adam Dalgliesh novel by P.D. James, published in 1975.
Plot Outline Just recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh receives a call for advise from the elderly chaplain at Toynton Grange, an isolated nursing home on the coast of England. By the time Dalgliesh arrives, it is only to discover that his friend Father Baddeley has mysteriously died, as has one of the patients. As the bodies begin to pile up, Dalgliesh once again finds his own life at risk as he determines to get the truth behind his friend's death and unmask the terrible evil at the heart of Toynton Grange. Taken off the back cover of a paperback edition of The Black Tower. ISBN 978-0-7432-1961-7.
[edit] Prizes and awards
- 1975 CRA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction.
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