The wood beyond /
by Hill, Reginald.
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BookSeries: Dalziel and Pascoe novel: Publisher: London : Harper, 2009Description: 433 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780007313167 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Dalziel, Andrew (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Pascoe, Peter (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- England -- Yorkshire -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Crime | Crime & mystery fiction | Classic fiction | Thriller / suspense fiction | Historical mysteries | War & combat fictionSummary: A ravaged wood packed with water-filled craters, men in uniform and a skeletal hand reaching out of the mud. This is not a battlefield, but Wanwood House, a pharmaceutical research centre, and another mystery for Dalziel and Pascoe to solve. `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 SundayWhen 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Formby Library | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 17/10/2024 | 002999557X |
Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 1996.
A ravaged wood packed with water-filled craters, men in uniform and a skeletal hand reaching out of the mud. This is not a battlefield, but Wanwood House, a pharmaceutical research centre, and another mystery for Dalziel and Pascoe to solve. `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 SundayWhen 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.
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