num_pages: 416
description: Award-winning author Reginald Hill returns with a stunning new novel featuring his popular Yorkshire policemen Dalziel and Pascoe.Caught in the full blast of a huge explosion, Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel lies on a hospital bed, with only a life support system and his indomitable will between him and the Great Beyond.His colleague, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Pascoe, is determined to bring those responsible to justice. Pascoe suspects a group called The Templars, and the deeper he digs, the more certain he is that The Templars are getting help from within the police force.The plot is complex, the pace fast, the jokes furious, the action explosive, the characterization vivid, and the climax astounding. And above it all, like a huge dirigible threatening to break from its moorings, hovers the disembodied spirit of Andy Dalziel.
language: English
title: Death Comes For The Fat Man
titlecomplete: Death Comes For The Fat Man (Dalziel & Pascoe, #22)
characters: Edgar Wield, Archambaud de St. Agnan, Andy Dalziel, Bernie Bloomfield, Rod Loxam, Maurice Kentmore, John T. Youngman, Peter Pascoe, Ellie Pascoe, Andre de Montbard, Adolphus Hector, Ffion Lyke-Evans, Sandy Glenister, Kilda Kentmore, Lukasz Komorowski, Dave Freeman
genres: Crime, Suspense, Collections, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Fiction, Humor, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 3164
places: England
series: Dalziel & Pascoe
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
publisher: Doubleday Canada