Dalziel and Pascoe Hunt the Christmas Killer & Other Stories

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Fast paced and packed with the Yorkshire duos trademark humour Daily Mirror

This collection showcases both Hills virtuosity and his continual experimentation with the genre these stories will make a perfect Christmas present for mystery fiction aficionados Guardian

A vicar nailed to a tree in Yorkshire.
The theft of a priceless artefact during a fire.
A detective forced to tell the truth for 24 hours.
A body hidden in a basement.

From the restless streets of London to the wilds of the Lake District, displaying all his trademark humour, playfulness and clever plotting, this landmark collection brings together the very best of Reginald Hills short stories for the first time, complete with a foreword from Val McDermid.

One of Britains most consistently excellent crime novelists
The Times

A real treat. The characters are deftly drawn, the plot constantly delivers, surprises and the assured narrative demonstrates again what a terrific writer he is'
Observer

'Reginald Hill's novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories intertwining'
Ian Rankin

'The finest male English contemporary crime writer'
Val McDermid

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Fast paced and packed with the Yorkshire duos trademark humour Daily Mirror

As well as being a highly skilled crime novelist, the late Reginald Hill (1936-2012) was an accomplished short story writer. This collection showcases both Hills virtuosity and his continual experimentation with the genre All are explored in Hills trademark playful but sharply observed style as he conjures up multifaceted characters with economical ease these stories will make a perfect Christmas present for mystery fiction aficionados Guardian

PRAISE FOR REGINALD HILL

Fast paced and packed with the Yorkshire duos trademark humour The Times

'Reginald Hill's novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories intertwining'
Ian Rankin

'The finest male English contemporary crime writer'
Val McDermid

'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder'
Sunday Telegraph

'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

'One of Britain's most consistently excellent crime novelists'
The Times

Altogether an enjoyable performance, one of Mr Hills best
Financial Times

'These novels last, like a grand malt whisky rounded, rich, intoxicating Here is an author at his formidable best'
Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday

'He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world'
Andrew Taylor, Independent

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

Author Bio

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as the crime novels best hope and thirty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.