Snuff Book Review, Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett is an author I’ve only come across fairly recently. The first book of his I read was Unseen Academicals. I picked it up rather on impulse, and I loved it (I may review it at some point). Snuff is the second Pratchett book I’ve read, and it hasn’t let me down. I believe Snuff is his second latest Discworld Novel, and it is the third fastest selling novel since UK records began.
In Snuff, His Grace, His Excellency, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes (not least the Blackboard Monitor) is forced out of his comfort zone on a countryside holiday. It is of course his wife Lady Sybil whom has imposed this, and Vimes’ grasp of husbandry dictates acceptance (when doesn’t it?).
The countryside is, of course, Vimes’ own property as given to him in marrying Sybil. It does not come within his jurisdiction as a police officer though. So when a dead body (or lack of) is stumbled upon, Vimes is well out of his depth and in need of an ally (and a bacon sandwich, if possible).
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