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Title details for Death's Jest-Book by Reginald Hill - Available

Death's Jest-Book

#20 in series

by Reginald Hill
Shaun Dooley
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BOOK EIGHTEEN IN THE DALZIEL AND PASCOE SERIES
Ex-convict and aspiring academic, Franny Roote, has started writing enigmatic letters to DCI Peter Pascoe who immediately smells a rat. DS Edgar Wield, intervening in a suspected kidnapping, takes a vulnerable rentboy under his wing, one who is hiding an earth-shattering secret. And young DC Bowler is looking forward to a weekend away with his girlfriend – but her dreams are filled with a horror too terrifying to share. Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Dalziel, lording it over his team, is famed for his omniscience. But even he is unable to foresee the disaster towards which they are all tumbling...
"Reginald Hill is probably the best living crime writer in the English-speaking world." INDEPENDENT.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Dalziel and Pascoe

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 1, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781407403557
      • File size: 495137 KB
      • Duration: 17:11:32

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      What began in DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD continues in this newest Dalziel and Pascoe adventure. Ex-con Franny Roote used his prison time to get a degree and is on his way to becoming an academic wunderkind. Roote writes complimentary letters to Pascoe, but the young policeman recognizes Roote's passion for vengeance in the sub-text. Shaun Dooley's superbly intelligent performance of Hill's literate investigation into the mind of a deranged killer is chilling. He doesn't miss a single nuance in rendering Roote's weird missives, particularly his discourses on avoiding rape in prison and the theme of revenge in Jacobean tragedy. Mantle's Yorkshire accents are spot-on. He embellishes Hill's psychological insights with vivid, unforgettable characterizations. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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