Book description
'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit
murder? A sword is a thing' - he drew his own sword; it made an
almost silken sound - 'and of course you can't blame a sword if
someone thrust it at you, sir.'
For members of the City Watch, life consists of troubling times,
linked together by periods of torpid inactivity. Now is one such
troubling time. People are being murdered, but there's no trace of
anything alive having been at the crime scene. Is there ever a
circumstance in which you can blame the weapon not the murderer? Such
philosophical questions are not the usual domain of the city's police,
but they're going to have to start learning fast...
Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global
bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of
Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of fifty
bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and
screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the
Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to
literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and
they have been translated into thirty-seven languages.
www. terrypratchett. co. uk
