I just read Hill's latest book, "The Woodsman", and it was very good. The characters were well developed and interesting; the story was fantastic.This first book ("A Clubbable Woman") in the Pascoe and Dalziel series was rather boring. Uninteresting characters, including Pascoe and Dalziel, dull story. Knowing something about rugby and the local English dialect and slang might make things a little easier to follow. I'm a Henning Mankel, Jo Nesbo, and Michael Gruber fan, so this series just doesn't cut it for me, so far. I hear it's a fairly popular series, and I'm willing to try one more novel in it. But to stick with it, the next book better be much improved.