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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
‘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’ Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday
‘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
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‘The story is expertly told, skein by skein, with a new knot to be untied just when you think everything is clear’ Sunday Telegraph
1963. It was the year of the Profumo Scandal, the Great Train Robbery, the Kennedy Assassination – and the Mickeldore Hall Murder.
The guests at the Hall that weekend had included a Tory minister, a CIA officer specializing in dirty tricks, a British diplomat with royal connections – and Cissy Kohler, a young American nanny who had come to England for love. And love kept her in England for nearly thirty years. In jail. For murder.
Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel is convinced that Cissy Kohler was – and is – guilty. But, investigating further, he soon finds his certainties being eroded. Not a state of affairs Dalziel can put up with for long, particularly when his old mentor’s reputation is at stake. Not to mention his own…
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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RECALLED TO LIFE takes its title from Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES, where the phrase refers to the liberation of the long-imprisoned Dr. Manette. As is so often the case with Hill, literary allusions are important clues--and so it is here, for the plot introduces us to long-imprisoned Cissy Kohler and the question of her guilt. Hill here invokes all manner of I-Spy mayhem, introducing a character who will pop up again in ARMS AND THE WOMEN. His treatment of these subjects is gleeful, albeit occasionally convoluted. The novel's highlight is Dalziel's hilarious trip to the United States--which, granted, may be more amusing to Americans, who will be able to recognize the New York delicatessen he visits (yes, it's a real one), as well as the living museum at Colonial Williamsburg. A sharp-witted black female CIA agent is the most interesting supporting character. Those who saw the dismaying television adaptation of this particular novel can rest assured that they know nothing about its plot.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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this book was also very good ,along the lines of all dalziel and pascoe books if you enjoyed any other books in this title you will like this book also
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are several time lines running throughout this book and lots of narrative voices. Add to that the movement between continents and in places this book gets bogged down with confusing detail. Dalziel's character is delightfully wrong headed as ever and it is interesting to learn more about his past, but I thought that this was a clumsy device with which to execute it.
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great Reginald Hill novel
I always look forard to a Reg Hill novel I found the plot a little harder to follow this time
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by H. Page
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Have bought the entire Dalziel and Pascoe series for husband who enjoys the stories and characters.
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by Mrs. S. J. Hodgson
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