A Clubbable Woman
by:
Reginald Hill (author)
'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder' Sunday Telegraph Home from the Rugby club after taking a nasty knock in a match, Connon finds his wife even more uncommunicative than usual. After passing out on his bed for five hours, he comes downstairs to discover...
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'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder' Sunday Telegraph Home from the Rugby club after taking a nasty knock in a match, Connon finds his wife even more uncommunicative than usual. After passing out on his bed for five hours, he comes downstairs to discover communication has been cut off forever -- by a hole in the middle of her forehead. Down at the club, passions run high, on and off the field.This is a home game for Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel who knows all the players, male and female. But Sergeant Peter Pascoe, whose loyalties lie with another code, has a few ideas of his own.
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Format: Mass Market
ISBN:
9780586072585 (0586072586)
Publish date: May 20th 1987
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
Series: Dalziel & Pascoe (#1)
A Northern England police procedural, and an introduction to Dalziel and Pascoe, the first in Hill's long running series. The book in itself is entertaining, and a solid work, but my rating is colored by the whole compendium of the series, and it is particularly enjoyable to revisit the beginning, ...
Dalziel (pronounced dee-el) is a brass-necked slob and runs a close second to the proverbial bull in a china shop; this makes for some fun moments. Add some down to earth inner monologues from the major characters and the result is marvellous fun for a weekend. I also fully appreciated the 70's acce...
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