There's a werewolf with pre-lunar tension in Ankh-Morpork, and a dwarf with an attitude and a golem who's begun to think for itself.
But for Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, that's only the start...
There's treason in the air.
A crime has happened.
He's not only got to find out whodunit, but howdunit too. He's not even sure what they dun. But as soon as he knows what the questions are, he's going to want some answers.
Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett
Number 3 in the sub-series of Discworld based around the City Watch, Sir Samuel Vimes has a lot on his hands when somebody tries to poison the Patrician and seems to be murdering harmless old men.
Summed up beautifully by the tagline at the end of the blurb :
Who can you trust when there are mobs on the street and plotters in the night and all the clues point the wrong way? In the gloom of the night, Watch Commander Sir Samuel Vimes finds that the truth may not be out there after all...
Who indeed. Definitely the earring wearing, eyeshadow adorned Corporal Cheery Littlebottom (everyone just assumes that all dwarves are men after all, and nobody but nobody thinks about where new dwarves come from). Or maybe those most reliable of workers - the golems - men of clay who toil, day and night, never questioning, never thinking, until they start to commit suicide. Or perhaps a werewolf suffering from Pre-Lunar Tension? And who knows with Corporal Nobbs, hobnobbing with nobs. Certainly the nobs aren't convinced.
Trust and expectations are everything in FEET OF CLAY. With some pointed observations on slavery, equality of the sexes (and species) and alternatively living. Excellent audio version of this book as well. Can't tell you how pleased I am to be working my way from start to finish in this series.