Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries (Paperback): A Clubbable Woman : Dalziel & Pascoe #1 (Paperback)

from feeling.is.first

Very quaint, small regional rugby club, pubs, mid-sized town police. This book would be improved by 33% reduction. The middle was a hard slog. Denouement required objects and people that had not appeared prior to that time. Neanderthal depictions of men's reactions to women, but secondary charact...

from Eyejaybee

Over the years I have read, and enjoyed, many of Reginald Hill's series of crime novels featuring Superintendent Andy Dalziel and his protégé Detective Sergeant (later Inspector) Peter Pascoe. As a pairing they formed a powerful fictional partnership: the gruff, often almost Neanderthal (and dete...

from Darrol

First in one of the best series I have read. I have read only a few scattered numbers in this series, and all were very good. I am now out to read them all in order.

from infjsarah

This was OK , although I found the outright sexism of the early 70s uncomfortable to read. I'll try a few more as I enjoyed The Woodcutter so much and apparently he experiments with different ideas in later books.

from ffortsa

I read on EYEJAYBEE's thread a while ago that this was the first of the Dalziel and Pascoe police procedurals, and as I loved the TV shows, I thought I'd give it a try. The reprint I received through paperbackswap was put out by felonyandmayhem.com, the imprint that grew out of one of my favorite...