Three times, Yorkshire policeman Peter Pascoe has wrongly accused ex-con Franny Roote of a crime, only to have Roote walk free. Now Roote is sending out strange and threatening letters and Pascoe fears there is worse to come. This time he’s determined to get his man.
A master of complex plotting, deep characterization, sly humor, and clever wordplay, Hill is at his best in Death’s Jest-Book.