Winner of the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year... Reginald Hill is on stunning form...the climax is devastating Marcel Berlins The Times When Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel witnesses a bizarre murder across the street from his own back garden he is quite sure he knows who the culprit is. After all hes seen him with his own eyes. But what exactly does he see? & is he mistaken? Peter Pascoe certainly thinks so. To make matters worse hes being pestered by an anonymous letter-writer who is planning suicide & has chosen to confide in Dalziel. The local Mystery Plays should provide a welcome distraction as Dalziels been cast as God. Unfortunately the other lead is a local builder who also happens to be the chief suspect in some recent disappearances that might actually be murders...