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Advancement of Learning
Advancement of Learning | Reginald Hill
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The second book in the Dalziel and Pascoe series sends the two mismatched Yorkshire policemen among university students-a group for which Andy Dalziel has no great love. In fact, when he hears a dead body has been found on the grounds of Holm Coultram College, he thinks of it as a rather good start. This is 1971, and the police force does not enjoy the warmest of relations with the Ivory Tower. Nevertheless, Dalziel takes himself to college, where the single corpse is followed by another and then another, until even Dalziel is forced to admit that someone is going after the academic community with rather excessive zeal. As the investigation grows more complex, help arrives from some unexpected corners, Dalziel's callow young sergeant proves surprisingly insightful, and everyone involved gets some useful education. About the Author Reginald Hill has written more than 50 novels, including the Dalziel and Pascoe series and 24 stand-alones. Three of the stand-alones - Who Guards a Prince, Death of a Dormouse and The Spy's Wife - are available from Felony & Mayhem. Hill's many awards include the prestigious Cartier Diamond Dagger award for Lifetime Achievement in Crime Fiction, as well as an Edgar award and a Golden Dagger award for Best Crime Novel of the Year. Dalziel and Pascoe has been made into an enormously popular TV series, broadcast in both the U.S. and the UK.
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Andrew65
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Finished my first book of the #24B4Monday Readathon. This is the second book of the Dalziel and Pascoe Series, and am really enjoying the feeling of these books read by the late Brian Glover. He certainly gives them that Yorkshire feel. Now got book 3 lined up.
Currently at 9 hrs 44 mins.
#teamslaughter

Clwojick woohoo! 5y
Andrew65 Thanks 😊 5y
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rabbitprincess
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The second Dalziel and Pascoe book, this is a relatively straightforward case set at a university. Some of the later books are more innovative in form or structure and can actually be a bit too clever for me, but this one is nice and uncomplicated.

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squirrelbrain
Advancement of Learning | Reginald Hill
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I hope I‘m allowed to post this here - no ulterior motives other than I love doing Futurelearn courses....
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Onioons
Advancement of Learning | Reginald Hill
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Day4 of #augustofpages My favourite #booksquad are Reginald Hill's Yorkshire detectives. The straight talking Dalziel, the new breed of policeman Pascoe and, my favourite, the dry humoured Wield. "Dalziel's supporters claimed his rudeness was calculated; others, impressed by his record, were willing to concede it might be intuitive; Pascoe asserted it was merely digestive." #bookphotochallenge

brendanmleonard Love the colors of these - I need to read this series! 8y
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