This is the second book I’ve read by Reginald Hill and probably the last. It was much too long because of a bunch of not very interesting side plots, and even the main plot line went on well past being interesting. There was a similar problem with one of the two main detectives, Dalziel; there was too much of him too often, and his supposedly subversive grossness isn’t interesting or funny enough. The humor and satire feel dated, and the sexuality is of the wink-wink nudge-nudge British male school, 16-year old humor for adult men. There were some good moments in the detecting but very little surprise in the plot, and the wrap-up was dull and mostly obvious.
This is not first rate British detective fiction, though at two-thirds of its actual length it would have been more enjoyable. Maybe earlier books in this series aren’t so bloated, but I’m very unlikely to try to find out.
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