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Some say that Andy Dalziel wasn′t ready for God, others that God wasn′t ready for Dalziel. Either way, despite his recent proximity to a terrorist blast, the Superintendent remains firmly of this world. And, while death may be the cure for all diseases, Dalziel is happy to settle for a few weeks′ care under a tender nurse.
Convalescing in Sandytown, a quiet seaside resort devoted to healing, Dalziel befriends Charlotte Heywood, a fellow newcomer and psychologist, who is researching the benefits of alternative therapy. With much in common, the two soon find themselves in league when trouble comes to town.
Sandytown′s principal landowners have grandiose plans for the resort - none of which they can agree on. One of them has to go, and when one of them does, in spectacularly gruesome fashion, DCI Peter Pascoe is called in to investigate - with Dalziel and Charlotte providing unwelcome support. But Pascoe finds dark forces at work in a place where medicine and holistic remedies are no match for the oldest cure of all...
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Death's Jest-book
In T.L. Beddoes′ play Death′s Jest-Book, the dead won′t lie still in the grave and the living often wish they could. And Reginald Hill′s novel is much the same - except perhaps for a few more jests. The dead-pan joker, Franny Roote, is working on his...
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There are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union
In suburban Luton, a private detective on his first case discovers that curiosity can kill more than just the cat... meanwhile, in wartime Boulogne, one officer will do anything to ensure that his men are ready to kill for their country... and in Stalinist Moscow, Inspector...
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Midnight Fugue
It starts with a phone call asking for help. But where it ends is a very different story. Gina Wolfe is searching for her missing husband, believed dead, and thinks Superintendent Dalziel can help. What neither realize is that there are others on the same trail. A tabloid hack with some...
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