Part of Dalziel & Pascoe, book 11
First published 1992
Superintendent Dalziel has had too much to drink when he sees a woman killed. Everyone else calls it an accident. His partner Inspector Pascoe faces a different crisis. Anonymous letters arrive from a woman who promises to end her life in public view. She will only stop if Pascoe tracks her down first. The Yorkshire police work two cases that pull them in opposite directions. Dalziel must prove what he saw was murder, not mishap. Pascoe races against time to prevent a suicide. The superintendent has been cast as God in the town's Mystery Play, but solving real mysteries proves harder than playing divine roles. Both men dig into secrets that people keep buried. They discover how far someone will go to hide the truth and how desperation can drive a person to deadly choices.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Yorkshire
Period: 20th-century
528 pages · Hardcover · Charnwood
Content warnings: suicide