The Wood Beyond: Book 14 (Dalziel & Pascoe) - Softcover

Hill, Reginald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007313160 ISBN 13: 9780007313167

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2009

Synopsis

‘Hill’s wit is the constant, ironic foil to his vision, and to call this a mere crime novel is to say Everest is a nice little hill’ Frances Hegarty, Mail on Sunday

When animal-rights activists uncover a long-dead uniformed body in the grounds of Wanwood House, a research facility, Dalziel is presented with a seemingly insoluble mystery. And he is further perplexed when he’s attracted to one of the campaigners – now implicated in a murderous assault.

Meanwhile, the death of his grandmother has led Peter Pascoe to the battlefields of World War 1 and the enigma of who his grandfather was – and why he had to die.

About this title

Review:

‘These novels last, like a grand malt whisky’
Mail on Sunday

‘One of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelists’
The Times

‘One of the masters of the modern police procedural’
Sunday Telegraph

Book Description:

The Wood Beyond presents a cast of fascinating characters and a mind-bending puzzle, leading us to the wild side of the pastoral, through fields where nothing safely grazes, into woods where no bird dares sing ...

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007313160
• ISBN 13: 9780007313167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440