Snuff Av Terry Pratchett

<p><b>A special hardback gift edition of classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the eighth book in the <i>City Watch</i> series, part of the <i>Discworld</i> novels.</b><br><br><b>''Effortlessly, generously funny''</b> <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>‘<b>Pratchett at his best’</b> 5-star reader review<br><br><i>''The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.''</i><br><br><b>Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is having some time off. Apparently.</b><br><br>But crime doesn''t take a break - it''s a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman on holiday would barely have time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse.<br><br>In the seemingly peaceful countryside, Vimes discovers much more than a body in the wardrobe. For the local nobles are hiding a deep, dark secret. There are many, many bodies - and an ancient atrocity more terrible than murder.<br><br>Vimes is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth and out of his mind. But never out of ideas. Where there is a crime there must be a punishment.<br><br><b>They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. This might be the exception ...</b><br><br>Snuff <i>is the eighth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.</i><br><br><u>Praise for the <i>Discworld</i> series:</u><br><br>''[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series <b>one of the perennial joys of modern fiction''</b> <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br>‘Pratchett is <b>a master storyteller</b>’ <i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>''One of our greatest fantasists, </b>and beyond a doubt<b> the funniest'' </b>George R.R. Martin<br><br>''One of those rare writers who<b> appeals to everyone</b>’ <i>Daily Express</i><br><br><b>‘One of the most consistently funny writers </b>around’ Ben Aaronovitch<br><br>‘<b>Masterful and brilliant</b>’ <i>Fantasy & Science Fiction</i><br><br>‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he <b>is a satirist of enormous talent</b> ... <b>incredibly funny</b> ... <b>compulsively readable''</b> <i>The Times</i><br><br>‘The <b>best humorous English author</b> since P.G. Wodehouse''<i> The Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>‘Nothing short of <b>magical</b>’ <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><br>''Consistently <b>funny</b>, consistently <b>clever</b> and consistently <b>surprising</b> in its twists and turns'' <i>SFX</i><br><br>‘[Discworld is] <b>compulsively readable, fantastically inventive</b>, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…<b>There''s never been anything quite like it</b>’ <i>Evening Standard</i></p>