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    Bones and Silence

    By Reginald Hill

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    Winner of the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year…’Reginald Hill is on stunning form…the climax is devastating’ Marcel Berlins, The Times

    When Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel witnesses a bizarre murder across the street from his own back garden, he is quite sure who the culprit is. After all, he’s got to believe what he sees with his own eyes. But what exactly does he see? And is he mistaken? Peter Pascoe thinks so.

    Dalziel senses the doubters around him, which only strengthens his resolve. To make matters worse, he’s being pestered by an anonymous letter-writer, threatening suicide. Worse still, Pascoe seems intent on reminding him of the fact.

    Meanwhile, the effervescent Eileen Chung is directing the Mystery Plays. And who does she have in mind for God? Daziel, of course. He shouldn’t have too much difficulty acting the part…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateJul 10, 2015
    ISBN9780007370283
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    Reginald Hill

    Reginald Hill is a native of Cumbria and former resident of Yorkshire, the setting for his novels featuring Superintendent Dalziel and DCI Pascoe, ‘the best detective duo on the scene bar none’ (‘Daily Telegraph’). Their appearances have won him numerous awards including a CWA Gold Dagger and Lifetime Achievement award. They have also been adapted into a hugely popular BBC TV series.

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    • 4/5
      Of the many Dalziel Pascoe novels I read , this was the one I remember being the most moved by, The bones and silence remain long after you close the final pages.
    • 5/5
      One of the joys of reading is to have a stock of books that you know will repay the reading. My last read proved a profound disappointment and so, to ensure that this was not a re-run, I picked a book that I knew wouldn't let me down. I was correct. Reginald Hill is a very special author: his books are amongst the few which have, for me, a genuine laugh out loud quality but, that's not all, a few pages later, and a dewy mist descends over the eyeball as he expertly changes the mood.This book is a tight interweaving of two stories, the attempt to entrap a shrewd murderer and to get to a suicide, who perhaps deserves more attention. Of course, the story is fantastic but, the people are real. 500 pages pass within the blinking of an eye and my only regret is, that whilst I shall certainly read this book again, I shall no more have the pleasure of its first reading.
    • 5/5
      Another cracking tale from Reg Hill, full of Dalziel witticisms from the opening. In this one Dalziel gets to play God, not just act like him. A convoluted plot whose true path only becomes apparent very near the end. Highly recommended to D & P fans and others.
    • 4/5
      There are sooooooo many mediocre mysteries out there. After all, Sturgeon’s Revelation applies to mysteries as well as science fiction. It is no wonder that when readers find a good series, they read all of it. Since most of my mystery reading is done while driving, I am limited to books I can find on cassette. When I replace my 99 Civic, maybe I will be able to expand to CDs, but by then, I might skip a generation and go digital/IPOD.This explains how I happened on the Dalziel/Pascoe series. It was available on tape. Series are a plus for drivers, who need a steady supply of good but not too serious titles. Most series continue because at least some readers think it is worth purchasing. Being a fan of P.D. James and Martha Grimes, I have rather high standards for British police procedurals. Hill meets them.Dalziel, (pronounced DL) by my narrator, is a very different cup of tea than Dalgliesh or Jury, or even Morse. Beyond eccentric and more like a rouge / cowboy American PI than a proper Brit. Profane, rude almost beyond credibility, intuitive to a point that would horrify most police officers, he is nevertheless right most of the time. Usually, it is the PI who fills this role, with the police playing straight man. Thus, it is up to poor Peter Pascoe to play by the rules. Dalziel’s subordinate, Pascoe is a sensitive man, with an even more sensitive wife.Without going into what is a comfortingly twisty plot, Dalziel is playing God, not just in the case at hand, but in a production of the Mystery Plays being presented locally. Add in a questionable suicide that Dalziel is a near witness to, a missing deadbeat dad, a rift between Pascoe and his wife and the story is involving and a puzzle to those who like that. I don’t know if the rest of the series is this good, but I will find out
    • 2/5
      Dalziel gets picked to play God in a medieval mystery play, both otherwise not worth the ride
    • 3/5
      I don't want to rain on anyone's parade about how great Hill's Dalziel & Pascoe books are -- and I've read only this one -- but here's how this one struck me. It was OK -- and the comparisons to Dexter's Morse series and Rendell's Wexford series are apropos. It's one of those gritty but sensitive, eccentric but universal Detective Inspector and his crew things that the Brits do so well (and frequently), though I wouldn't say it was as good as a Rendell. But the thing I haven't noticed any reviewer mention is that the character of Dalziel (which is apparently accounted the supremely witty crowning glory of the series) seems a straight cop from Joyce Porter's Inspector Dover - rude, sottish, gluttonous, cynical, stuck-up, bullheaded, larger-than-life (and larger than everyone else). Dalziel is a bit less clueless than Dover, but I kept feeling as if the cast of a Rendell novel had hired Dover after Wexford died and then moved up North. Like I said, it was OK. Sorry...

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