{"product_id":"9780060528058","title":"Death's Jest-Book (Dalziel and Pascoe Series #20)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the winner of Britain's most prestigious Diamond Dagger Award comes a beautifully written, multilayered psychological thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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\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\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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review as \"ever the master of form and sorcerer of style,\" and with \u003ci\u003eDeath's Jest-Book\u003c\/i\u003e, he delivers a tour de force not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007819858160,"sku":"9780060528058","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060528058_p0.jpg?v=1763619342","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060528058","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}