The Black Tower
First edition
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| Author | P. D. James |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Adam Dalgliesh #5 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
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Publication date
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1975 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| 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.
Adam Dalgliesh arrives at Toynton Grange to be confronted by two deaths, one supposedly a suicide, the other a heart attack. However, each of the deaths raises questions about whether they are in fact natural. Two more deaths occur, one a suicide that many people feel is unlikely, the other an unexpected death that requires the coroner to become involved. It is only in the final chapters that Adam Dalgleish realises that the innocent care home is in fact the centre of a drug smuggling operation and that all the deaths are murders carried out to prevent the police finding the truth.
In a 1975 book review, Newgate Callandar of the The New York Times wrote "James is an exceedingly good writer, and her detective, Adam Dalgliesh, is one of the more unusual ones in action today. Nevertheless, 'The Black Tower' is so slow-moving that it will try the patience of most readers — and that has to be the besetting sin of a crime novel."
It was produced for television by Anglia Television (now ITV Anglia) and released in the United Kingdom in 1985 as a mini-series with Roy Marsden in the role of Dalgliesh. The main filming location was Clavell Tower in Kimmeridge Bay, Swanage, Dorset.
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