{"product_id":"the-price-of-butchers-meat-a-dalziel-and-pascoe-mystery-isbn-9780062998057","title":"The Price of Butcher's Meat: A Dalziel and Pascoe Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternationally bestselling and Diamond Dagger Award-winning\u003cbr\u003emystery writer Reginald Hill sets this mystery in the seaside resort of\u003cbr\u003eSandytown, where Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel is recovering from a\u003cbr\u003ebomb blast while solving a local murder in this “deeply satisfying whodunit” (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving narrowly survived\u003cbr\u003einjuries sustained when he was caught in a huge explosion, Detective\u003cbr\u003eSuperintendent Andy Dalziel is still on leave from the Yorkshire police\u003cbr\u003edepartment, recuperating at the Avalon Clinic in the quaint seaside resort of\u003cbr\u003eSandytown. But he soon begins to suspect that those outside the convalescent\u003cbr\u003ehome have just as many problems as the residents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s a psychiatrist with\u003cbr\u003emore to hide than his patients, a pair of powerful landowners with very\u003cbr\u003edifferent plans for putting the resort on the map, and a man from Dalziel’s\u003cbr\u003epast who ought to be dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen someone actually does turn\u003cbr\u003eup dead, and under the most macabre circumstances, Chief Inspector Peter Pascoe\u003cbr\u003eis called onto the scene. Together again, Dalziel and Pascoe investigate a\u003cbr\u003ebaffling and complex case as further corpses make it increasingly hard for\u003cbr\u003eSandytown to justify its claim to be “Home of the Healthy Holiday.” But it's\u003cbr\u003ecertainly been put on the map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom charred corpses to Jane\u003cbr\u003eAusten allusions, \u003cem\u003eThe Price\u003cbr\u003eof Butcher’s Meat \u003c\/em\u003eis a police\u003cbr\u003eprocedural with something for everyone as it “offers an intellectually\u003cbr\u003esatisfying mystery, deep character studies and witty social commentary clothed\u003cbr\u003ein elegant, literate prose” (\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The fertility of Hill’s imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVal McDermid, author of A Darker Domain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Few writers in the genre today have Hill’s gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humor, compassion, and a prose style that blends elegance and grace.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna Leon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the best mysteries of the year. . . . It’s superb. . . . Treat yourself—the pages move as fast as a pint in Andy’s hands.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reginald Hill, the most playful of genre authors, fancies himself a latter-day Jane Austen in \u003cem\u003eThe Price of Butcher’s Meat\u003c\/em\u003e. . . . Hill pulls off the clever literary jest of projecting Austen’s unfinished novel \u003cem\u003eSandition\u003c\/em\u003e into modern times. . . . [He] proves himself brilliant at recycling 19th-century characters and conventions...while gleefully adding macabre genre touches.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hill provides his usual deeply satisfying whodunit. . . . Fans of the Fat Man are in for a treat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Great stuff from one of the greats, and a true must for fans of British crime.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reginald Hill is one of the masters of crime fiction, and his customary wit, plotting, and sense of style are every bit as much in evidence in \u003cem\u003eThe Price of Butcher’s Meat\u003c\/em\u003e as they are in the previous Dalziel and Pascoe novels.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reginald Hill’s novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories entwining.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A literary frolic, Hill has brought the epistolary novel into the 21st century with e-mails and a digital voice recorder. . .. .Final word: Great stuff from one of the greats, and a true must for fans of British crime.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] meaty mystery. . . . The Fat Man is back. . . . This is good news indeed. . . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Price of Butcher’s Meat\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intellectually satisfying mystery, deep character studies and witty social commentary clothed in elegant, literate prose. Hill’s mastery of narrative voice creates vitality out of devices that in lesser hands could be disastrous. . . . [It all] works brilliantly.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Excellent. . . . Hill’s perfect pitch (especially for the short, pithy details of dialogue and character description) carries the story through all sorts of villains.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of England’s most innovative and erudite mystery writers. . . . When it comes to challenging the mind, a Hill novel is better than Sudoku.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889435308261,"sku":"NP9780062998057","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062998057.jpg?v=1730231250","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-price-of-butchers-meat-a-dalziel-and-pascoe-mystery-isbn-9780062998057","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}