The new psychological thriller featuring Dalziel and Pascoe, the hugely popular detective duo and stars of the long-running BBC TV series, following on from the bestselling Death of DalzielHe may have been in a coma but it would take an act of God to put Superintendent ''Fat'' Andy Dalziel down for good.

In the meantime, He''ll settle for a few weeks'' bed-rest.Sandytown, a pleasant seaside resort devoted to healing, seems just the ticket. And when a fellow newcomer appears in the shapely form of psychologist Charlotte Heywood, Dalziel develops an unexpected passion for alternative therapy.But Sandytown''s warring landowners have grandiose plans for the resort.

One of them has to go and when one of them does, in spectacularly gruesome fashion, DCI Peter Pascoe is called in to investigate - with Dalziel and Charlotte providing unwelcome support. And Pascoe soon finds dark forces at work in a place where holistic remedies are no match for the oldest cure of all…


Format Häftad Omfång 624 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag HarperCollins Publishers Utgivningsdatum 2009-06-25 ISBN 9780007313235