An Advancement of Learning, Reginald Hill
An Advancement of Learning, Reginald Hill
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An Advancement of Learning

Author: Reginald Hill

Narrator: Shaun Grindell

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HighBridge

Published: 06/18/2024

Synopsis

The "master of . . . cerebral puzzle mysteries" sends his Yorkshire detectives back to college to be taught a lesson in murder (The New York Times). Reginald Hill "raised the classical British mystery to new heights" when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe (The New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made them "the most remarkable duo in the annals of crime fiction" (Toronto Star). The Gold Dagger Award-winning series was adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC. If Alison Girling, former principal of England's Holm Coultram College, died in an avalanche in Austria, why has her skeleton been unearthed on campus? While no love is lost between conservative detective Andrew Dalziel and the entirety of Liberal Arts, his attention to the grim discovery must be paid. But when he and Peter Pascoe scour the ivory tower for answers, they discover that the shady faculty and creepy student body have more to bury than just one corpse. Try two—and counting. As Pascoe is sidelined by an old college flame, Dalziel's suspicions of academia are becoming dire. Because the deeper he digs for secrets, the dirtier they get in this "steadily, edgily amusing . . . dark comedy" (Kirkus Reviews).

About Reginald Hill

Reginald Hill has been widely published both in England and the United States. He received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger for his Dalziel and Pascoe series.

About Shaun Grindell

Born and raised in Southampton, England, Shaun Grindell is an accomplished actor who trained at the Calland School of Speech and Drama and the Lee Strasberg Actors Institute in London. As an audiobook narrator, he has narrated many titles in different genres. Among his most notable works are the Hamish Macbeth mysteries by M. C. Beaton. Shaun also garnered an AudioFile Earphones Award for his reading of The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deb on August 30, 2018

I enjoy these two detectives who, in many ways, could not be more different from one another. The contrast between their backgrounds, ages and styles make for interesting, and sometimes amusing, dynamics. In addition, the writing is good and the plotting is superb. So happy to have found this series......more

Goodreads review by David on May 07, 2018

Although this was published in 1971, it is not too dated - a very readable police procedural investigating a body discovered at a small college. The characters of Dalziel and Pascoe become increasingly well established in the second book of the series.......more

Goodreads review by Mrsgaskell on November 25, 2011

It's been some time since I've read a Dalziel & Pascoe mystery and those have been later in the series. This is the second book and it was a good read. The best thing about it is the interaction between Dalziel and Pascoe - a great pair of characters. I enjoyed the epigraphs from Francis Bacon's The......more

Goodreads review by Carole on August 12, 2020

"There's nothing that human beings haven't managed to do to one another, however vile. And no motive, however slight, which has not brought someone to murder." - Pascoe While I wasn't crazy about this first Dalziel and Pascoe mystery that I've read, I loved the series foundation that has been laid an......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on May 07, 2023

I found this one a bit hard work. I’ve never read anything by this author before and just wasn’t really feeling interested in it, even though I battled on. I think it’s because it was was first published in the 70’s and I found the style of writing a bit alien to me and slightly sexist! If you like......more

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