Aleksandria A A itibaren Thayetkhon, Myanmar (Burma)
For a slightly different twist, Dalgliesh in not investigating but recooperating from an illness and going to see an old friend, his father's former curate who is now chaplain at a home for the disabled. That term is very much out of fashion, even insulting, as I learned during work on an exhibit in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Much of The Black Tower now seems a bit insensitive, but not enough to temper my enjoyment nor destroy the story. However, I had to re-read several times the passage where Dalgliesh unravels the mystery, and I'm still not clear on how he got the clue to untangle it. Yet it all stood up well enough.
I know it will sound trite, but tragic and uplifting at the same time. I loved the violin sections.