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The fourth volume in the bestselling Dales series where Phinn remembers his time as an Inspector for English in the Yorkshire Dales. Phinn relishes visiting the schools, whether an inner city comprehensive or a small Dales primary school. Endless good humour, and wit.
Synopsis
Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot.
