- Mass Market Paperback: 624 pages
- Publisher: Seal Books; 2nd Printing edition (Oct 27 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1400025753
- ISBN-13: 978-1400025756
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #176,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“One of [Hill’s] best. . . . [He] is a brilliant and witty observer of whatever social order he happens to look at.”
— The Globe and Mail
“A deftly plotted and welcome return of the Fat Man.”
— Ottawa Sun
From the Hardcover edition.
— The Globe and Mail
“A deftly plotted and welcome return of the Fat Man.”
— Ottawa Sun
From the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
The new Dalziel and Pascoe novel to delight and thrill Reginald Hill fans.
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 in Death Comes for the Fat Man, 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 partnership 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 . . .
From the Hardcover edition.
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 in Death Comes for the Fat Man, 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 partnership 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 . . .
From the Hardcover edition.
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Daziell, Pascoe, and Jane Austen, July 24 2009
By W. CREED "Bill" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Cure For All Diseases (Hardcover)
In crossing the Atlantic, this book picked up a new title. In England, the title was The Price of Butcher's Meat. Admittedly, a bit unappetizing. Another thing seemingly lost in the crossing is Hill's literary source. He admits that this book is his attempt to finish Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sandition. That's a bit disengenuous, since he merely takes the characters, setting, and plot setup and adds them to his ongoing series characters, but it does allow him to creat a wonderfully entertaining novel that stands on its own, but allows those Austen fanatics to enjoy lots of in-jokes. Hill's D&P books are among my favorites and this one is in the top tier, although it does go on a little too long. And it continues my shifting of allegience from the younger liberal Pascoe, to whom I related in my younger years, to the older non-PC Daziell who now seems a much more rounded character.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Hilarious, April 13 2008
By B. A. Cawley "Beverly CY" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES (Hardcover)
It's a rare and wondrous thing to read a mystery novel that has you laughing out loud over and over again. WHile you're anxiously following along the plot twists and turns (Hill uses a couple of devices that I had no trouble following) I would find myself laughing uproariously (sp?) to the musings of Andy Dalziel and his flippant responses to pompous boors. Worth every minute and every cent.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Multiple narrative voices give the story many angles, May 3 2008
By Carina Mørch-storstein - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES (Hardcover)
Engaging crime novel. I liked the different narrative voices: superintendent Andy Dalziel's recorded voice, Charley Heywood's emails and the omniscient narrator who suddenly appears towards the end (+ the final recorded voice, won't reveal who that is here).In the first third of the book, I found the pace was a little slow. In fact the first crime happens only after ca. 200 pages. However, after that, it picks up considerably and you won't be able to put it down. And at times it is very funny! Good read.
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