As a lover of the Dalziel & Pascoe T.V series I was hoping for great things from this and thankfully Hill lived up to my love of the series. This has all the bits I love from the series including Dalziel's blunt and to the point approach to people, investigations and life in general and Pascoe's quiet patience as well as the added bonus of knowing what is going on in their heads (and getting to spend more than just an hour or two in their company). I really did not like Ellie though, she annoyed the living hell out of me and I would not have been disappointed if she had disappeared down a mine shaft! I don't know if she was meant to be so irritating but she really was. Thankfully this didn't detract from the story and the other characters, in fact it probably made me more sympathetic to them as none were as irksome as she was.