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Born Guilty [Paperback]

Reginald Hill (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Harper; (Reissue) edition (29 April 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007334818
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007334810
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 45,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘He pays attention to the old-fashioned values: meticulous plotting, authentic characterisation and realistic dialogue’
The Times

‘Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction’
Observer

‘Reginald Hill’s novels are really dances to the music of time’
Ian Rankin

‘He is first and foremost an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift’
Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday

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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

Hurrying out of St Monkey’s church on the last Amen of the Creation, Joe Sixsmith stumbles across a boy’s corpse in a cardboard box and into more trouble than he’s ever known. Soon his casebook is full to bursting: retired colonial Mrs C. demands to know how the boy got there; Gallie, the Mutant from Outer Space, urges him to find the stranger nosing into her granddad’s past; while Butcher, that briefest of briefs, is hellbent on digging the dirt on a deputy head’s out-of-school activities.

Ever valiant for truth, Joe threads his mild-mannered way through the mean streets of Luton, fighting off angry cops, demented druggies and the matchmaking machinations of his Auntie Mirabelle. But the truth he discovers does not set him free, for there’s little joy in confirming that today’s kids grow up so much faster than he did, and even the luckiest of them find out all too soon that they have been born guilty.

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Joe stumbles across murders like most people trip on loose paving stones. I love the way he falls accidentally over clues it would take other people months to track down. These are light hearted novels about serious issues and once you get used to the juxtaposition they are great fun to read. This one had a darker edge to it, dealing with covering up family secrets and corruption. The theme is echoed in a continuing subplot involving the corruption and racism in the police force. It is never made a major issue but it comes across as being more realistic because Joe perceives it as something commonplace and irritating that just has to be accepted and dealt with.
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This is a light-touch, lightwieght (but nonetheless well-crafted) crime novel from Reginald Hill, featuring Joe Sixsmith, lathe-operator turned PI. The plot is a little convoluted and contrived but the scenes between Joe and the police, his 'tame' but scary solicitor and love interest Beryl 'Bodytone' are all beautifully observed
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Reginald Hill always is good value for money, and Born Guilty is no exception. His typical wit and humour lighten the serious subject matter without lessening its impact, or denying humanity.
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