- Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Dell Publishing Company; First THUS edition (Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440225949
- ISBN-13: 978-0440225942
- Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 2.5 x 17.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,528,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Readers await each new Dalziel and Pascoe novel from Reginald Hill with great anticipation and fans will be pleased to find that Arms and the Women is absolutely vintage stuff: pungently witty dialogue coupled with Hill's highly intelligent plotting. And after the massive success of On Beulah Height, Hill took a risk by introducing an innovation--the new novel is written in the book-within-a-book format. Dalziel and Pascoe, however, are true to form. The former as blunt and bawdy as ever, while the university-educated Pascoe with his troubling conscience makes the perfect contrast.
Ellie, a former campaigner for the hard left, is writing a book--the very book that readers have access to. So when Ellie's life is threatened, her friends assume it has to do with her marriage to a cop. But Ellie isn't so sure and enlists the help of the doughty duo, soon finding the death threats lead to packs of Irish Republicans, Colombian drug-dealers and bogus council officers. Interestingly enough, Ellie's problems are shared with a motley assortment of other women: her middle-class friend Daphne, a vivacious South American money-launderer and a pushy female copper. Is the target her husband Peter? Needless to say, the narrative has enough twists and turns to baffle the most astute reader, and each fresh revelation is both dramatic and unexpected.
Even without the pyrotechnics of plot, Dalziel remains a highly entertaining, and Hill enthusiasts will feel that they are getting their money's worth. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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‘Few writers in the genre today have Hill’s gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace’ Donna Leon, Sunday Times
‘The fertility of Hill’s imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight’ Val McDermid, Sunday Express
‘He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world’ Andrew Taylor, Independent
‘Reginald Hill’s novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories entwining’ Ian Rankin, Scotland on Sunday
‘An increasingly lyrical and always humorous writer, he is first and foremost an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift’ Francis Fyfield, Mail On Sunday
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Far-fetched but oddly absorbing,
By Isafish "Isafish" (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Arms and the Women (Paperback)
I very much enjoyed the book despite agreeing with some of the specific accusations that other reviewers level at it.
Specifically, there are three faults: (a) the plot is far-fetched, (b) there's too much Ellie Pascoe, surely the most irritating coffee-table socialist ever created, (c) there's the usual tendency towards overwrought writing, arcane vocabulary and general pretentiousness. This has always been the case with Reginald Hill's books, but has become exaggerated with time. Arms and Women is a later period novel. So why have i given it 4 stars? Well, it's just a really good read! Once you sign up to the story's fantastical premise, you never really look back. I hardly put the book down once i'd begun. And really, if overwritten prose is a turn-off for you, then you shouldn't be reading Reginald Hill in the first place should you? Try Tess Gerritsen instead. No, this is for those who enjoy rich fare, at least now and again.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best crime novels ever.,
By simonkurt@yahoo.com (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On Beulah Height (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries) (Hardcover)
On Beulah Height is the Dalziel and Pascoe novel where it all finally comes together. The characterisation is true and insightful, the story complex without being too clever for it's own good (an occasional fault of Hill's) and the atmosphere both subtle and powerful. The sense of melancholy is beutifully maintained, keeping just the right side of parody as the story about missing children unfolds and plot line after plot line become entangled. The juggling of the personal stories of the main characters and the ever moving plotline is well done, with the interwining of the two never seeming contrived or forced. Most importantly of all, the fact that Dalziel and Pascoe are investigating the disappearance of children in the present and in history is never forgotten, and the progress of this investigation is kept in view and of primary importance.Quite simply the best Dalziel and Pascoe book in the sequence. Moving, exciting and intelligent.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best Reginald Hill book for a very long time.,
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This review is from: Arms and the Women (Paperback)
I was outraged to hear reviews of this book describing that it is 'balderdash'. The character of Ellie Pascoe is a very interesting a deep one, which easily satisfys throghout the whole novel, along with Hill's other ensemble of entertaining characters come together to make this book a joy to read, even if the plot is far fetched. But then, what does that matter!
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