Title: An excellant novella and three very good short stories
Product review: The cover suggests the novella "Pascoe's Ghost" which is the #1 reason for buying and reading this collection, although the title ties in with the final story, "One Small Step". "Pascoe's Ghost" evokes the mood of Edgar Allan Poe's writing and tosses in a chapter which is indeed an homage to Agatha Christie very cleverly made quite appropriate since one of the characters with a dramatic flair has manipulated the scene. This novella alone makes the book well worth purchasing.The three shorts are indeed a welcome bonus. The opening one recounts the first encounter between Pascoe and Dalziel. "Dalziel's Ghost" is a humorous follow-up to "Pascoe's Ghost" and the book concludes with a surprisingly good sci-fi mystery with a murder on the Moon. Written in 1990, it shows where we should be in lunar exploration by 2012 although it's pretty obvious that we won't be there yet. Be that as it may, this book still deserves a high recommendation.
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