Snuff

A Discworld Novel

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Bill Nighy

“A lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In Terry Pratchett’s delightful New York Times bestselling tale of crime, class, prejudice, and punishment, Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on vacation. But this is Discworld, where nothing goes as planned—and hilarious adventure ensues. This new recording is narrated by actor Jon Culshaw (Dead Ringers, and the Doctor Who audiobooks). Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) stars as the voice of Death.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse.

At long last, Lady Sybil has lured her husband, Sam Vimes, on a well-deserved and long-overdue holiday. But for the commander of the City Watch, a vacation in the country is anything but relaxing. The balls, the teas, the muck—not to mention all that fresh air and birdsong—are more than a bit taxing on a cynical city-born and -bred copper.

The policeman is back on familiar ground when a body is found—the first of many, many corpses—and an ancient crime more terrible than murder is uncovered. Out of his jurisdiction, out of his element, and out of bacon sandwiches (thanks to his well-meaning wife)—Sam must rely on his copper’s instincts, guile, and Ankh-Morpork street smarts to see justice done.

As he sets off on the chase, though, he must remember to watch where he steps. . . . This is the countryside, after all, and the streets most definitely are not paved with gold.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Snuff is the 8th book in the City Watch collection and the 39th Discworld book.

The City Watch series in order:

• Guards! Guards!
• Men at Arms
• Feet of Clay
• Jingo
• The Fifth Elephant
• Night Watch
• Thud!
• Snuff

STP is great

so grateful I'm able to listen to the books while getting on with the parts of my day for which my brain is not needed.

A Great Book

I love this book, read it many times. It's a great start to Terry Pratchett series.

The final City Watch book...

I should say upfront that this book was written as STP was beginning his mental decline. it feels a bit different than pervious books. The righteous anger you would expect it still there, however it feels watered down when compared to Thud!
it is still a great book and highly recommend, but one should be aware of that fact before going in.

A step above

I have read oodles of Pratchett. This was the most thoughtful and meaningful of any I have read. I still love Death and Death of Rats for pure entertainment. This book still entertained me while having a message. Well done.

Goblins

Loved it. Brilliant writing, makes me miss Pratchett even more. So well performed, Culshaws characters and voices bring it to life. And I love the goblins.