Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
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 novel’s best hope’ and twenty years on he has more than fulfilled that promise.
<p>‘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</p>
<p>‘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</p>
<p>‘He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world’ Andrew Taylor, Independent</p>
<p>‘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</p>
<p>‘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’ Francis Fyfield, Mail On Sunday</p>
‘Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of crime fiction’ Observer
When Geraldine Lomas dies, her huge fortune is left to an animal rights organization, a fascist front and a services benevolent fund. But at her funeral a middle-aged man steps forward, claiming to be her long-lost son and rightful heir.
He is later found shot dead in the police car park, leaving behind a multitude of suspects. And Superintendent Dalziel and Peter Pascoe find themselves plunged into an investigation that makes most of their previous cases look like child’s play…
• Gold-Dagger-winner Reginald Hill is recognized as one of our finest crime writers.
• New cover reissue to tie in with stylish approach for Hill’s backlist.
• 10 million rated hit BBC TV series.
• On a roll after Dialogues of the Dead reached no.3 on the Sunday Times bestseller list.
• Latest Dalziel and Pascoe hardback, Death’s Jest-Book, spent two months in the Sunday Times bestseller list.
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Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
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 novel’s best hope’ and twenty years on he has more than fulfilled that promise.