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Violence
Barely any
Deaths; possible murders
Language
Barely any
Mild language (Dalziel)
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
A dark comedy of manners and mortality
What this book is about
Hill's 1983 fifth Dalziel and Pascoe novel is a black comedy of suspicion: Pascoe notices a pattern of convenient deaths around a rose-growing enthusiast. Clever, witty, and darkly funny. For older teens and adults.
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