About this title: All is not well at Holm Coultram College. Lecturers having it away with students, witches' sabbaths on the sand dunes, a body buried under a statue in the gardens! But even with Dalziel's cynical view of what college administrators spend his taxes on, murder doesn't quite seem to fit in here. So when Dalziel and that over-educated sergeant of his, Peter Pascoe, are sent to investigate a disinterred corpse at Holm Coultram College, he hadn't reckoned on a rash of killings. While Pascoe rekindles an old flame on the staff, protesting students astutely identify Dalziel as a 'fascist pig'. The ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grafton, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780586072592ISBN:0586072594
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. No rips, tears or bends in book. No writing. Smokefree. 271p.; 18 cm. A Dalziel and Pascoe novel.. Originally published: London: Collins, 1971. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13:9780586072592ISBN:0586072594
Description: Very Good. 0586072594 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13:9780586072592ISBN:0586072594
Description: Very Good. 0586072594 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet, N. Y.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780451146564ISBN:0451146565
Description: Cover Art. Good. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The cover has shelf wear with spine creases and a slight spine cock. Light yellowing pages................................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Description: Very Good. B000FPDI22 Slight Shelf Wear, Text is Crisp, Clean and Free of any Markings, Binding is Square and Tight. Buy with confidence! Please leave feedback after your purchase. It helps other buyers know we are a responsible and reliable seller. Thank you! read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A Foul Play Press Book-The Countryman Press
Date Published: 1971
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Tight copy, light edge wear, no marks, text crisp & clean. DJ edges worn & torn along edges. read more
Description: Very Good + Very Good Plus condition, no creases in spine, no slant, tight clean unmarked copy, 288 bright white pages, slight curl at fore-edge of covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Foul Play Press Book
Date Published: 1971
Description: Good. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean with yellow pages. No names, no marks. BCE. DJ shows some wear and tear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781934609088ISBN:1934609080
Description: Very Good. *** May have minor crease on cover *** Excellent condition *** No highlighting *** Shipped promptly *** Great customer service *** read more
Edition: First edition. First American edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Foul Play Press, Woodstock, Vt.
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780881500530ISBN:0881500534
Description: Fair in good dust jacket. Book is canted-thus the rating. First Am. edition first printing with no marks, writing or bent pages. Boards have corner bumping. Unclipped jacket has edge/corner wear. 254 p.; 22 cm. A dalziel and pascoe novel read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1996-02-19
ISBN-13:9780006498599ISBN:0006498590
Description: Very Good. Very Good, Clean book with a slightly tilted spine _This will be on its way to you TODAY! Email confirmation _ No hassle returns _ all emails answered promptly _ Outstanding Quality, Value, and Service with Always Great Products _ Check our feedback _ We appreciate your business! read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Signet, N. Y.
Date Published: 1987
Description: Cover Art. Very Good. No Jacket. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Number AE 4656-----------------The cover has light shelf wear with a crease by the spine....Light yellowing to the pages......The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Woodstock, VT. : Foul Play Press / The Countryman Press, 1985, 1st US...
ISBN-13:9780881500530ISBN:0881500534
Description: Wladislaw Finne Cover Art. Good in Good price Clipped jacket. -----------hardcover, ex library in a Good price clipped dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. read more
"Many people enjoy this series, but I had a difficult time getting through this book. I find that, generally, series like this one improve as they go along. There is potential for the Dalziel/Pascoe relationship to develop."
"Maybe you have to actually have experienced the rural English private school scene where this story is set. For me it was far below the first book of this series."
"I'm trying to go back and re-read my favorite detective series from the start. This is actually book 2, but that's okay, I can't imagine Peter without Ellie. Forty years ago, Hill was a good writer, but nowhere near his current greatness. It drags at points, minor characters seem one dimensional, but the most telling point is Dalziel. In later books he seems like a minor god, some prehistoric deity. In this book he seems human, a fat guy with a failed marriage who likes to tease his right-hand man about his education. Ironically, this makes him a less believable character. He is "the old fat wiseass in the detective novel" instead of Dalziel, larger than life, but very full of it. (life, that is...)"
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