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Gina Wolfe arrives in north Yorkshire seeking her missing husband, believed dead. Her new fiancé, a policeman in the Met, suggests the caustic copper Andy Dalziel might be of help – and everyone involved discovers that dark events of years ago have a way of causing troubling eruptions in the present.
It's hard to believe, but it’s been nearly four decades since readers first encountered the well-read, sensitive detective Peter Pascoe and his partner, the brash but winning Andy Dalziel, in A Clubbable Woman. Hill has always rung the changes in the series with new wrinkles that take us to startling terra incognita (for example, One Small Step addressed the first murder on the moon in the year 2010). But the key factor in the series’ continuing success (leaving aside the ratings-winning TV adaptations) is Hill’s eagerness to take on key societal issues (always, however, married to reader-grabbing plots) – and that characteristic is abundantly evident in Midnight Fugue, with the two protagonist striking sparks off each other in the usual highly satisfying fashion. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Praise for ‘Midnight Fugue’:
‘Back on his old form. Witty, wise and welcome’ Literary Review
‘[Reginald Hill] shows no sign of descending from the high quality of his writing … Beautifully plotted and intriguingly resolved’ Marcel Berlins, The Times
'Fresh and memorable … It's a witty, wise and warm read, with rich characterisation and emotional depth' Val McDermid, The Times
'A sort of genteel, very funny and extremely well-written version of 24' Telegraph
‘A masterly performance … will deservedly be one of this summer’s big bestsellers’ Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard
‘Hill’s ingenuity continues to dazzle’ John O’Connell, Guardian
‘Midnight Fugue has a clever plot, written without whimsy, and one of the best things in it is Dalziel's sense of his advancing age and its impact on his relationship with Pascoe’ The Sunday Times
‘As ever it is steeped in a dry, wry wit and accents almost as thick as good gravy on roast beef and Yorkshire pudding…it is a measure of Hill's masterful grasp that time flies imperceptibly…Hill makes it all look so deceptively simple that it masks a writer on top of his trade’ Sunday Express
‘Hill's plot is elegantly constructed, and his prose is delectable…Witty, slightly surreal and fundamentally humane, the novel is a welcome addition to one of the best crime series around’ Andrew Taylor, Specator
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While Mr Hill exercises his technical skill, he shows he's lost none of his humour: there are awful puns, a Welsh village with the shamelessly Dylanesque name of Llufwwadog, and of course Fat Andy's Rabelaisian bawdiness and gluttony. And Mr Hill continues to prolong the tension which has built up over the last few books between the (not-quite-so-young-these-days) challenger Peter Pascoe and the ageing lion Dalziel - a tension which has not yet broken, and which hints at more books to come. Hurrah!
(PS: my wife asks me to say that she's glad there's so little of Ellie in the book; for my part, I'm glad not to see the awful Franny Roote!)
As ever Midnight Fugue is a great conglomeration of skilful plotting, excellent characterisation and wry humour. All of the usual gang are here supplemented by a collection of intriguing one-off characters. The story keeps the reader guessing and whilst there are red herrings and apparent coincidence none of these seem implausible. The action in this case takes place over just a few hours (shades of "24"?) but there is plenty of it, and the chapters taking different perspectives are skilfully juxtaposed to ramp up the drama.
Andy Dalziel remains as ever a force of nature but as with most of the recent books he has become a much more thoughtful creature. The other regular characters, although they play largely only supporting roles here, continue their development in a very natural and convincing manner.
The only other police procedural series I know of with similar longevity is Ed McBain's 87th Precinct. It is no small praise to say that Reginald Hill's oeuvre matches McBain's.
Reginald Hill has kept us all entertained with the exploits of the mid-Yorkshire force and this latest episode is a very welcome addition to the series. Let's hope there are many more
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