<p>Praise for The Roar of the Butterflies:</p>
<p>‘Told with humour and a light touch… ideal summer reading’ Sunday Telegraph</p>
<p>‘Delightful light reading… highly entertaining’ Literary Review</p>
<p>What a great deal of pleasure for readers lies in the pages of this little book’ reviewingtheevidence.com</p>
<p>‘A superb comic mystery’ West Australian</p>
<p>Acclaim for the Joe Sixsmith series:</p>
<p>‘“Killing the Lawyers’’…is entertaining, sly, jokey…cynical, well written, and teems with sparkly dialogue – all the virtues we expect from Hill' The Times</p>
<p>'Splendid moments in this entertaining mystery' Sunday Telegraph</p>
<p>'A thoroughly engaging investigator' TLS</p>
<p>'This is high-speed pantomine… with plenty of sly dialogue to spice the action' Mail on Sunday</p>
<p>'The Sixsmith series has a buoyancy and delectability of its own’ Independent</p>

A special gift for Reginald Hill fans – the return of Joe Sixsmith in a beautifully packaged, witty new crime novel A sweltering summer spells bad news for the private detective business. Thieves and philanderers take the month off and the only swingers in town are those on the 19th hole of the Royal Hoo Golf Course. But now the reputation of the ‘Hoo’ is in jeopardy. Shocking allegations of cheating have been directed at leading member, Chris Porphyry. When Chris turns to Joe Sixsmith, PI, he's more than willing to help – only Joe hadn't counted on being French-kissed then dangled out of a window on the same day. Before long, though, Joe’s on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing balls, and ends with murder…
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A special gift for Reginald Hill fans – the return of Joe Sixsmith in a beautifully packaged, witty new crime novel
• A sharp, engaging and charmingly illustrated new novel from Reg Hill, which will delight all fans of P.G. Wodehouse • Publishing for Christmas with an original package will make this the perfect stocking filler • A Gold and Diamond Dagger Award winner, Reg Hill's novels have sold over two million copies in the UK alone • The Death of Dalziel was in the Top Ten for over a month and went on to become Hill's biggest selling hardback ever • The BBC series of Dalziel and Pasco regularly attracts audiences of 6 million viewers Competition: Peter Robinson;
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780007252749
Publisert
2008-12-01
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperCollins
Vekt
220 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Reginald Hill is a native of Cumbria and former resident of Yorkshire, the setting for his novels featuring Superintendent Dalziel and DCI Pascoe. Their appearances have won him numerous award including a CWA Gold Dagger and Lifetime Achievement award. They have also been adapted into a hugely popular BBC TV series.