Pictures Of Perfection (Dalziel & Pascoe, #14)
by:
Reginald Hill (author)
The changes wrought in the Yorkshire Dales village of Enscombe are being brought about by market forces that tradition cannot stem.Each Lady Day the villagers gather to feast and pay old debts and the CID trio know there's going to be trouble.
The changes wrought in the Yorkshire Dales village of Enscombe are being brought about by market forces that tradition cannot stem.Each Lady Day the villagers gather to feast and pay old debts and the CID trio know there's going to be trouble.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385312707 (0385312709)
Publish date: September 1st 1994
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 307
Edition language: English
Series: Dalziel & Pascoe (#14)
Hill loved Austen, and it shows in this mystery which draws quite a bit from Austen. It isn't just the use of quotes of her letters to start each chapter, but also in Hill's using a turn of sentence to open roads of meaning. Austen did that too. The plot concerns a small town, and Hill makes goo...
Another classic from Reginald Hill. What would a mystery be without a murder? The local bobby has disappeared from Enscombe and soon our favorite three, Sergeant Wíeld, Pascoe and The Fat Man, are sucked into a maelstrom of deception and fantasy that boggle the mind. Without giving away too much of ...
Spends a bit too much time constructing a complicated plot but made up for by excellent fun and I deeply love DS Wield.
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