Reginald Hill
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 24
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English
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Reginald Hill, award-winning author of The Price of Butcher's Meat and Death Comes for the Fat Man , returns with Midnight Fugue , a riveting new crime novel featuring Yorkshire coppers Dalziel and Pascoe as they tackle the case of a detective who went missing seven years ago under suspicious circumstances. Taking place within the space of a single October Sunday and alternating between Mid-Yorkshire and London, Midnight Fugue is a riveting, complex...
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 20
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English
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From the winner of Britian's prestigious Diamond Dagger Award, comes a beautifully written, multilayered psychological thriller Three times Yorkshire policeman Peter Pascoe has wrongly accused ex-con Franny Roote of a crime, only to have Roote walk free. Now Roote is sending out strange and threatening letters and Pascoe fears there is worse to come. This time he's determined to get his man. In a brilliant novel of psychological suspense, acclaimed...
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A stolen skeleton leads to a web of mystery: “Those who treasure quirky characters, lively dialogue, and ingenious plots will be delighted” (Booklist).
In England, a skeleton from Roman times goes missing from the site of an archaeological dig—as does the man overseeing the project. In Baghdad, a diplomat dies suddenly. And in California, a scientist commits suicide.
These three...
In England, a skeleton from Roman times goes missing from the site of an archaeological dig—as does the man overseeing the project. In Baghdad, a diplomat dies suddenly. And in California, a scientist commits suicide.
These three...
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 23
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English
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Internationally bestselling and Diamond Dagger Award-winning mystery writer Reginald Hill sets this mystery in the seaside resort of Sandytown, where Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel is recovering from a bomb blast while solving a local murder in this "deeply satisfying whodunit" (Entertainment Weekly). Having narrowly survived injuries sustained when he was caught in a huge explosion, Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel is still on leave from...
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 21
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English
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A complex and deeply satisfying tale ... one part traditional English whodunit and one part shadowy corporate thriller. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Prominent businessman Pal Maciver locked himself in his study and shot himself. It's an open-and-shut case, as far as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel is concerned. Except ... Maciver's father died in an almost identical manner ten years earlier, and "Fat Andy" was the investigating officer....
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Not for a second did Pascoe admit the possibility of death. Dalziel was indestructible. Dalziel is, and was, and forever shall be, world without end, amen ... Chief constables might come and chief constables might go, but Fat Andy went on forever.
Barreling his way into an investigation of possible terrorist activities, Superintendent Andy Dalziel is caught in the blast of a huge explosion at a video shop-and only "Fat Andy's" considerable bulk prevents...
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A New York Times Notable Book: A British detective plays God, literally, in this twisting crime thriller- "The climax is devastating" ( The Times London). Superintendent Andrew Dalziel, while drunk, has witnessed a woman being fatally shot-but her husband claims it was an accident, and everyone seems to be buying his story. His partner, Pascoe, meanwhile, is looking into chatty letters from an anonymous sender who says her resolution for the new year...
8) Born guilty
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A British PI finds a body in a box in this mystery with "a nice twist waiting at the end" ( Kirkus Reviews ). As he leaves St Monkey's after choir practice, PI Joe Sixsmith makes a heartbreaking discovery in the church graveyard: the body of a boy in a cardboard box. The police think it's just another drug overdose, another homeless kid who's become a casualty of the streets. But Joe can't get this death out of his mind. Though his casebook is already...
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 3
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English
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A Yorkshire cop's reunion with old friends is marred by murder in this mystery by "the finest male English contemporary crime writer" (Val McDermid).
With his longtime girlfriend, Ellie, detective Peter Pascoe is off to Thornton Lacey for an exciting weekend reunion with a few of his college friends. However, upon arrival, he finds no cause for celebration. Instead, there's been a triple homicide, and one of his friends-the chief suspect-is...
10) No man's land
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A "particularly compelling" novel of brotherhood and brutality among a band of World War I deserters ( Publishers Weekly ). A small group of soldiers, led by an Australian named Viney, has fled the trenches of the Western front. Now they scavenge to survive in the desolate area known as no man's land. One of them, Josh, is shaken by the brutality he has witnessed. Another, Lothar, was a German aristocrat who had no desire to die as a supposed hero....
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The first in the series starring a PI who's "as sweet a hero as you're likely to find in a rough multiracial neighborhood on the outskirts of London" ( The New York Times Book Review ). Joe Sixsmith has lost his job as a lathe operator-and is in the process of losing his hair, too-but that doesn't mean he's going to sink into a midlife crisis. Instead he decides to start a new career as a private investigator, with his grumpy, pork rind-eating cat,...
12) A Pinch of Snuff
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 5
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[2019]
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English
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Yorkshire s detective duo descends into the kinky world of underground films in an undeniably lively mystery of murder and illusion ( Kirkus Reviews ). Reginald Hill raised the classical British mystery to new heights when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det.Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe ( The New York Times Book Review ). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made...
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[2019]
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A woman on the run from her husband encounters danger in a seaside town: "An eminently likable heroine . . a highly clever ending" ( Booklist ). Emily Salter is once again using her maiden name, living with her dog in a town along northern England's coast that she remembers fondly from childhood holidays. Her intention was to get far away from her controlling and threatening husband. Here, she's found some refuge, even met a nice gentleman, though...
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[2019]
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Trouble strikes a group of tourists in Italy: "Reginald Hill delivers literate, complex, and immensely satisfying thrillers" ( Orlando Sentinel ). Sarah and Michael Masson are on holiday in Italy, and their tour is making its way to Venice-Italy's most romantic city. But so far the trip hasn't been especially romantic. Michael has little patience for Sarah's sentimental nature or her stubborn insistence on socializing with their fellow travelers....
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[2019]
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Years after WWII, a pair of veterans believe they've spotted a Nazi in disguise, in a thriller with "more surprise turns than most novels twice its length" ( Kirkus Reviews ). In postwar England, Goldsmith and Templewood see each other once a year at reunions of their regiment. Goldsmith is a local politician now, while Templewood is a gregarious salesman with a taste for the ladies. They lead different lives but have one thing in common: They vividly...
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[2019]
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A British PI novel from the Diamond Dagger Award-winning author: "Entertaining, sly, jokey . cynical, well written, and teems with sparkly dialogue" ( The Times London). British private investigator Joe Sixsmith needs some help to resolve a dispute with his insurance company, so he turns to Luton, England's most prominent law firm. But he winds up storming out, infuriated at the rude treatment he receives-which presents a problem once the firm's partners...
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[2019]
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English
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Mystery stories by the Diamond Dagger Award-winning author, "one of the masters of the modern police procedural" ( The Sunday Telegraph ) A man whose wife has been missing for a year gets some strange phone calls-as well as a visit from Detective Inspector Pascoe-in a novella that pays homage to Edgar Allan Poe. A female journalist faces skepticism from the police when she reports an assault, and finds she may have to confront the attacker herself....
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[2019]
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From a Diamond Dagger winner: A dark tale of murderous conspiracies, secret societies, and a royal family in danger. After a series of hideous and gruesome crimes, Inspector Doug McHarg is asking questions-but some people don't want him to. That includes his boss on the local police force and Scotland Yard-not to mention whoever is sending him death threats. But McHarg is an unhappy man with little left to lose, and he intends to follow up on the...
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[2019]
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The award-winning author of Captain Fantom returns with the origin story of the notorious seventeenth-century mercenary. Carlo Fantom spoke thirteen languages-a skill that proved useful as he traveled widely to sell his brutal services to any party who would pay him. This novel, written in the form of his personal memoirs, takes readers on a journey to his younger days-from the Croatian farm where he was born and raised to Venice, where he sails to...
20) Traitor's Blood
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[2019]
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An international fugitive is faced with a vexing choice: "A first-rate espionage thriller . . nonstop action" ( Publishers Weekly ). Lem Stanhope-Swift, the sixth Viscount Bessacarr, has been living in Venezuela, keeping his distance from the British authorities ever since an embezzlement charge landed him in a spot of bother back home. Over the years he's been enjoying the tropical weather and an abundance of liquor and women. But he's just learned...
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