DEATH'S JEST-BOOK

By Reginald Hill

Synopsis

DCI Pascoe is desperately trying to prove that an ex-con and aspiring academic is mad and bad. Edgar Wield finds himself protecting a rent boy, and DC Bowler is looking forward to a blissful New Year. Above all the team Andy Dalziel casts a brooding shadow, but he discovers that even he isn't onmipotent.

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Narrator	Jim Swingler
Length	20hrs 45mins
Catalogue No.	6743
Publisher	HarperCollins Ltd

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