- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey Books; Reissue edition (1 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440168899
- ISBN-13: 978-0440168898
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,916,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Recipe for a winner: combine the best elements of the gritty procedural with a protagonist reminiscent of Dick Francis, then add a gallery of three-dimensional town-and-country characters and repartee worthy of Rex Stout. Reginald Hill - appearing in America at long last - is the chef, and Sgt. Peter Pascoe from Yorkshire is his hero, playing Archie Goodwin to the Nero Wolfe of incorrigibly racist, sexist, and obese Supt. Andy Dalziel. When Peter and longtime companion Ellie arrive for an Oxfordshire reunion with four old chums only to find three dead of shotgun wounds and one missing, Peter is forced to commute between the emotionally wracking murder investigation in Thornton Lacey and his Yorkshire legwork assignment for Dalziel: a series of increasingly violent burglaries. It may seem over-coincidental that the two lines of inquiry eventually dovetail, and the multiple killer's motive may seem a bit pale, but Hill's strong, warm narrative vaults up and over logical hurdles. And swaggering Dalziel - his nonstop insults, his laughable state of health, his occasional "outbreak of heart" - provides just enough amusement to put the blood, grief, and guilt in perspective. With the fades of Christie, Marsh, Creasey, et al., there've been murmurings about what the British mystery is coming to. Well, if this is what the British mystery is coming to, Rule Britannia and Glory Hallelujah. (Kirkus Reviews)
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From Yorkshire to the sleepy village of Thornton Lacey is only a morning's drive, but for Detective Sergeant Peter Pascoe, the distance will close off part of his life forever. Motoring down for a reunion with old friends, he arrives to find not a welcome but a grisly triple murder. Out of his jurisdiction, Pascoe is in an untenable position: one of his oldest friends is wanted for murder, his boss is ordering him back to Yorkshire, and his instincts are telling him that the local constabulary will never suspect that the crime's true motive lies not in the obvious places, but in the unexplored zones of passion within a twisted heart.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love the humanity of the relationship between Dalziel and Pascoe, full of flaws yet still endearing. This book was somewhat disjointed however, and the threads of the story don't interweave as seamlessly as normal. I didn't find it very believable, but Hill under par is still better than many writers at their best.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As my old English teacher once said to me, there's too many characters! Really struggled to keep track of who was who & had to keep flicking back. Less of Dalziel so not as funny as some of his other books. But as someone else said, at less than 100% he still beats most others. Only recently found Hill & he's quite simply one of the best writers I've read. For someone new to him I'd personally recommend Bones & Silence as this was the novel that hooked me. The more I read the more impressed I am.
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are looking for a book and don't want to put it down! Then this should be the top of your list.It is a brilliant work of art by Reginald Hill.The characters of Dalziel and Pascoe work well, but in this book the focus is on Pascoe.Finding that their friends have been killed and life will not be quite the same from that moment.Pascoe works it out and the ending was just perfect. A book that you will never tirer of.Highly recomended.
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