An Advancement of Learning

An Advancement of Learning is a 1971 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the second novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series.

In this novel, the detectives investigate a murder at the fictional Holm Coultram College. More bodies are found after their arrival on campus. In this novel, Pascoe's future wife joins the action as a faculty member whom he knew from years past.

The book's title is an homage to Francis Bacon's (1561–1626) philosophical tome, The Advancement of Learning.

Publication history

 * 1971, London: Collins Crime Club ISBN 0-00-231009-0, Pub date 1971, Hardback
 * 1987, New York: Signet (Penguin) ISBN 0-451-14656-5, Paperback
 * 1996, Toronto: Harper Collins Canada ISBN 0-586-07259-4, Paperback
 * 2008, New York: Felony & Mayhem Press ISBN 978-1-934609-08-8, Pub date 2008.