Dialogues of the Dead (Paperback) by Reginald Hill

from majackson

Intellectually stimulating…..but emotionally debilitating. A grand chase to find an insane serial killer, who nevertheless appears quite normal in everyday life. I've never liked stories where the bad guy wins.

from brokenangelkisses

Recently my reading group tried some books by Reginald Hill. I did not think the book I read was especially gripping or well-written but I knew that in 1995 Hill had won the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement and thought that I should give the author anothe...

from ehines

My first Dalziel and Pascoe mystery. Though this is the 19th of 24 in the series, it was pretty easy to pick up the rough shape of the backstory. The series of murders in the book stretches our credulity nearly to the breaking point, but not quite. Hill seems to like to play--while he doesn't tur...

from the.ken.petersen

Even the best detectives get it wrong sometimes and in this play with words, Dalziel and Pascoe are out thought from the beginning. Like the imaginary word game, Paronomania, this book abounds with clues (literally from the title page on). If you read it and pick up upon them, you'll know the sol...

from lovell

great plot, usual good characterisation, many subtle literary jests