| About the Book | |||
Patrick Aldermann, an accountant with a company that makes toilets, is passionate about his roses, which he prunes ruthlessly, deadheading any blossoms a minute past their prime so as to make space for the younger blooms. Not much of a gardener,MorePatrick Aldermann, an accountant with a company that makes toilets, is passionate about his roses, which he prunes ruthlessly, deadheading any blossoms a minute past their prime so as to make space for the younger blooms. Not much of a gardener, Dalziel views Patrick as a strong contender for the title of Most Boring Man in Yorkshire. Pascoe, though, has noticed that senior executives at the toilet company gentlemen, you might say, just a minute past their prime have an unlucky habit of dying. And when they do, its all but inevitably Patrick who, like a lucky young bloom, is poised to take their place. | |||
