Reginald hill is probably the best living crime writer in the englishspeaking world independent in t. Beddoes play death s jestbook, the dead wont lie still in the grave and the living often wish they could. Latest in everpopular and consistently acclaimed dalziel pascoe. Having said that, death s jestbook is very much a writing tourdeforce and can stand alone as a novel. The books take you to places in the past and present that you dont expect at all. Deaths jest book dalziel and pascoe, book 20 by reginald hill. From the winner of britains most prestigious diamond dagger award. This, the 20th book featuring detectives dalziel and pascoe of the midyorkshire constabulary, is an awful warning of what can happen even to one of our finest crime writers. Bestselling and diamond dagger awardwinning mystery writer reginald hill sets up a battle of wills between determined cops andy dalziel and dci peter.
There are few writers of any genre who have the wit, gift of language or the playfulness with language that reginald hill does. Roote is presenting a paper on deaths jest book at an academic conference. Orlando sentinel carefully weaving plots and subplots, mr. Reginald hill s novels are firstclass brainteasers. Beddoes play death s jest book, the dead wont lie still in the grave and the living often wish they could. Reginald hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction tom hiney, observer in t. Hill has created another puzzle filled with realistic characters and a sly sense of humor that moves the story along nimbly. Diamond dagger winner hill ties up some loose ends from his previous dalzielpascoe book, dialogues of the dead 2002, in this gritty, witty.
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