mass market paperback, 439 pages
English language
Published Sept. 12, 2006 by Corgi Books.
Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago.
But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him.
Oh . . . and at six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read 'Where's My Cow?', with all the right farmyard noises, to his little boy.
There are some things you have to do.
"That is not my cow!" brings back good memories of reading books to the kids. Nice touch that Sam always makes it home to read each day.
Not one of my favourites but I still re-read this very quickly. So maybe I like it more than I think, even if it feels very heavy handed (more than usual I mean) in its social commentary.
The Kindle version does not represent the BLT sandwich correctly.
Whilst not his best, this was still a Discworld book so I am giving it 4 stars. I could see what Pterry was trying to do but I feel his execution was a little off on this one. The jokes didn't flow so well and it could just be that Sam Vimes has run his course? Still, very readable and enjoyable for all that.
