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One of the most enjoyable Discworld books I've read (although they're all pretty good!) In this one, Pratchett takes on the murder-mystery genre. Although it's still quite funny, it goes beyond just humor, presenting the reader with a well-plotted tale...

It's later in the series, so Discworld is in a sort-of-Industrial-Revolution state, and the undead feature prominently as well (I think they were introduced in 'Carpe Jugulum'?)

Someone in Ankh-Morpork has been killing harmless old men, and the various and eccentric characters of the Watch are on the case in search of Clues. At the same time, it seems someone has been slowly poisoning Lord Veternari, and the golems of the city (like the golems of Jewish lore, clay figures imbued with the semblance of life, in Discworld used as 24-hr labor) have been acting in a suspicious manner....

Subplots abound... Will Angua the werewolf and Captain Carrot work out their interracial relationship? Will Cheery Littlebottom the dwarf realize her inner femininity? Will the low-brow Corporal Nobbs truly be accepted as one of the peers of the realm?

All this, and there's also a few plugs for civil rights, animal rights, and a reasonable work day!"