{"product_id":"deaths-jest-book-1","title":"Death's Jest-Book","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDeath's Jest-Book\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eReginald Hill\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060528058\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e576\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the winner of Britain's most prestigious Diamond Dagger Award comes a beautifully written, multilayered psychological thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree times Yorkshire policeman Peter Pascoe has wrongly accused ex-con, aspiring academic, and inveterate joker Franny Roote of a crime, only to have Roote walk free. Now Roote is sending strange and threatening letters that connect back to a nineteenth-century poet-physician, and Pascoe fears there is worse to come. This time he's determined to prove Roote guilty as sin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Pascoe's colleague Edgar Wield rides to the rescue of a boy in danger, and in return, the boy tips him off about the heist of a priceless treasure. Soon Wield is torn between protecting the lad and doing his duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt least Detective Constable Bowler is looking forward to a blissful New Year with the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, her dreams are filled with a horror too terrible to tell ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver all this activity broods Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel. As trouble builds, Dalziel discovers that omniscience can be more trouble than it's worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant novel of suspense, complete with intricate plotting, sly humor, and deft wordplay, acclaimed author Reginald Hill sets up a battle of wills between determined cops and an ingenious villain. Hill has been praised by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Review as \"ever the master of form and sorcerer of style,\" and with \u003cem\u003eDeath's Jest-Book\u003c\/em\u003e, he delivers a tour de force not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Death's Jest-Book | Reginald Hill | Hardcover | 9780060528058 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1768273","offer_id":49517551812760,"sku":"1768273","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61jiCVcL9VL.jpg?v=1784615583","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/deaths-jest-book-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}