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    Under World

    By Reginald Hill

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    ‘Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift’ Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday

    Years ago, young Tracey Pedley disappeared in the woods around Burrthorpe. The close-knit mining village had its own ideas about what happened, but the police pinned it on a known child-killer who subsequently committed suicide.

    Now Burrthorpe comes to police attention again. A man’s body is discovered down a mine shaft and it’s clear he has been murdered. Dalziel and Pascoe’s investigation takes them to the heart of a frightened and hostile community. But could the key to the present-day investigation lie in the past when little Tracey vanished into thin air…?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateJul 10, 2015
    ISBN9780007380305
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    Reginald Hill

    Reginald Hill, acclaimed English crime writer, was a native of Cumbria and a former resident of Yorkshire, the setting for his novels featuring Superintendent Andy Dalziel and DCI Peter Pascoe. Their appearances won Hill numerous awards, including a CWA Golden Dagger and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award. The Dalziel and Pascoe stories were also adapted into a hugely popular BBC TV series. Hill died in 2012.

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    • 4/5
      I read the first in the series 'A Clubbable Woman' and really disliked both leads. I then read 'Ruling Passion' and it totally turned me around in that both Dalziel and Pascoe were more rounded characters and more sympathetic. 'A Pinch of Snuff' had me back at square one in that I didn't like either of them (and the subject matter even less!!) but I had more on my TBR pile (they were all given to me by a friend) and so have now turned to the next, cronologically, in my possession. I'm so glad I did.

      This time around I'm really enjoying the story. Set in a mining village just after the Miners Strike, it evokes the period really well (brought back many memories!): the difficulties of the Miners and their families post strike, the distrust of the Police following all the various incidents that occurred, the awakening of the women to the opportunities they've missed & those that are still available if they can only break free. The characterisation of the various Miners, families, local police are all well done and the humour, of what could be a difficult subject, works really well. So far (about 2/3rds thru), it's all about the main protagonists and the story leading up to 'the murder' so there's been very little including Dalziel and Pascoe specifically, now that they're fully involved, I wonder if I'll find that I dislike them again? Doesn't really matter, the other characters more than make up for them.

      Well, I've finished the book now and my opinion hasn't changed. A much better story, nicely written with enough humour to lighten a dark subject. Dalziel and Pascoe are still the same characters, but now there's a 'pinch of salt' in there, plenty of banter to keep the story flowing and to detract from the less pleasant sides of their characters. The story itself gives an interesting insight into the lives in a northern mining community (ok, I suspect, any mining community) and life down the pit - all of which is gone now and yet within living memory.

      For some reason, people keep giving me more from this series and now I'm quite pleased! This has been the most enjoyable to date.

      (Ooh, wonder when the TV series started - maybe the humour in the book stems from the TV characterisation)
    • 5/5
      Usual excellent Reginald Hill mystery - a mining town where everybody knows each others' business and a recent strike has created bitterness and schisms; old crimes that may or may not have been solved; and now a new murder. Ellie Pascoe is there to run a class for miners to better themselves, especially one star pupil, which brings out interesting class differences.
    • 4/5
      This series goes from strength to strength. Beautifully done.
    • 4/5
      Start with 'Ruling Passion' and work your way up through 'Pictures of Perfection', for a view of how characters take hold of an author, and grow into fully formed people.