- Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Seal Books; First THUS edition (2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0440225949
- ISBN-13: 978-0440225942
- Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 2.5 x 17.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 263 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #448,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Someone attempts to abduct Ellie Pascoe, and her friend, Daphne Alderman, is assaulted by a man keeping watch on the Pascoe house. Dalziel, Pascoe and Wield feel certain there must be a link here with one of Pascoe's cases, either current or past. Only DC Shirley Novello wonders whether perhaps these events might have more to do with Ellie than her husband.
While the men concentrate on their individual theories, Ellie, her daughter Rosie, Daphne, and Novello (their official minder) head for the coast to the supposed safety of the Alderman's holiday home, Cleets Cottage. But their flight proves somewhat futile as Ellie's would-be abductor continues to send her letters of possibly threatening intent, composed in a strange Elizabethan English.
About the Author
Reginald Hill has been widely published both in England and in North America. He received Britain's most coveted mystery writing award, the Golden Dagger, for his Dalziel/Pascoe series. He lives in England.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I could have done without Ellie's book,
This review is from: Arms and the Women (Mass Market Paperback)
I always enjoy a Dalziel and Pascoe. As a mystery, this one was good, albeit a little far-fetched. But I found the excerpts from Ellie's book annoying.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Read some other book of the series first...,
This review is from: Arms and the Women (Mass Market Paperback)
If there is something that remains to be written, that is a bad Dalziel-Pascoe book. Those of us who have become fans of Hill's intricate and witty style will not necessarily be disappointed by this latest entry. In my own personal case, however, I doubt that this one will be counted among my favorites. It is true that there is not enough of Dalziel, that most loveable of all fiction detectives (his appearance under the guise of Odysseus, with Pascoe as Aeneas, in Ellie Pascoe's mock novel is not nearly enough), but the real problem, I think, is the plot itself, which is more overwrought than complicated, and not nearly as interesting as one has got to expect from this series. Also, I guess newcomers will be totally bewildered, not only because it is taken for granted that you already know the main characters very well, but also, characters from previous books show up unannounced, and even us followers of the series can't remember all of them (I know at least that I don't). I am only grateful that this was not the first book in the series I've ever read, because I don't think I would have been tempted to follow it, and that would be my loss! To those of you who have never heard of Dalziel and Pascoe, please read first some other book in the series, such as On Beulah Height, Deadheads or Recalled to Life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Convoluted,
This review is from: Arms and the Women (Mass Market Paperback)
Disjointed, convoluted, erratic--all come as a disappointment to Reginald Hill's fans who read this book thinking they are lapping up another Dalziel/Pascoe story. Perseverance will get the reader to the end of the book, with a "what's new" shrug of the sholders, and a feeling that Hill was impressed with his own cuteness and, as one reviewer says, "erudition". While obviously a side trip from the usual, this story needs to go back to the editor for tuning up. Disappointing!
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