Reginald Hill (1936–2012)
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About the Author
Reginald Hill has received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger, for his Dalziel/Pascoe series. (Publisher Provided) Reginald Hill was born in Hartlepool, England on April 3, 1936. He received an English degree from St. näytä lisää Catherine's College, Oxford University and worked as a teacher until 1980, when he retired to become a full-time writer. His first novel, A Clubbable Woman, was published in 1970. During his lifetime, he wrote over 50 books that range from historical novels to science fiction including Fell of Dark, No Man's Land, The Spy's Wife, and The Woodcutter. He was best known for the Dalziel and Pascoe series and the Joe Sixsmith series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Patrick Ruell, Dick Morland, and Charles Underhill. He received the 1990 Golden Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year for Bones and Silence and the 1995 Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement. He died from a brain tumor on January 12, 2012 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
Pascoe's Ghost [short story] 2 kappaletta
Uncle Harry 2 kappaletta
The Game of Dog 1 kappale
The Forging of Fantom 1 kappale
The Rio de Janeiro Paper [short story] 1 kappale
Snowball [short story] 1 kappale
Castles [short story] 1 kappale
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Auteur Theory [short story] 1 kappale
Stonestar [short story] 1 kappale
Exit Line [short story] 1 kappale
Dalziel's Ghost [short story] 1 kappale
Threatened Species [short story] 1 kappale
INEDITO 1 kappale
Where Are All the Naughty People? 1 kappale
The Trunk in the Attic [short story] 1 kappale
Associated Works
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (1993) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Avustaja — 9 kappaletta
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Outbreak • The Collaborators • A Boy Called Bracken • The Churchill Diamonds (1500) 5 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (1997) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Der lange Mord - Blixen, Tania: Afrika, dunkel lockende Welt - Higgins, Jack: Das grosse Doppelspiel - Nickolae,… (1991) 4 kappaletta
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: A Matter of Honour • Ice Trek • The Long Kill • This Shining Land 4 kappaletta
Dalziel & Pascoe (Series 1-12) — Tekijä — 2 kappaletta
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Hill, Reginald Charles
- Muut nimet
- Morland, Dick
Ruell, Patrick
Underhill, Charles - Syntymäaika
- 1936-04-03
- Kuolinaika
- 2012-01-12
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- England
UK - Maa (karttaa varten)
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Ravenglass, Cumbria, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Cumbria, England, UK
- Koulutus
- Carlisle Grammar School
Oxford University (St. Catherine's College) - Ammatit
- teacher(1960-1980)
novelist
short-story writer
crime novelist - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Cartier Diamond Dagger 1995
- Agentti
- Caradoc King (AP Watt)
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Hill was born to a "very ordinary" working-class family—his father was a professional footballer long before sportsmen earned riches—but began reading young. His mother was a great fan of Golden-Age crime writers, and he discovered the genre while fetching her library-books. After National Service (1955–57) and studying English at St Catherine's College, Oxford University (1957–60) he worked as a teacher for many years, rising to Senior Lecturer at Doncaster College of Education. In 1980 he retired from salaried work in order to devote himself full-time to writing.
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Keskustelut
Reginald Hill, Crime, Thriller & Mystery (marraskuu 2012)
Reginald Hill, British & Irish Crime Fiction (tammikuu 2011)
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An April Shroud (The Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries #4) Tekijä: Reginald Hill
Couldn’t get beyond about a third of the way into the book. Too many pointlessly eccentric characters who weren’t appearing to pull together in the direction of any plot.
The old trick of splitting a central character into two very different parts and using the tension to create literary sparks has worked for writers as diverse as Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin) and Patrick O'Brian (Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin).
Nobody in the mystery field does it better these days than Hill, whose down-and-dirty Inspector Dalziel (pronounced Dah-eel in the A&E TV series) jigs and jousts wonderfully with his smart, sensitive sidekick Pascoe.
Their latest outing is one of the best in the series, with Pascoe digging up some old bones and family secrets from his own past
A ravaged wood, a man in uniform long dead -- this is not a World War One battlefield, but Wanwood House, a pharmaceutical research centre. Peter Pascoe attends his grandmother's funeral, and scattering her ashes leads him too into wartorn woods in search of his great-grandfather who fought and died in Passchendaele. Seeing the wood for the trees is the problem for Andy Dalziel when he finds himself fancying an animal rights activist, depite her possible complicity in a murderous assault and her appalling taste in whisky. A mind-bending puzzle leading us on the wild side of the pastoral.
Convoluted story line, shifting between the first world war and the present day, mixed in with desertion, cowardice, and bent ex coppers being involved in animal experiments. I found this to be a so-so story, and not in a rush to read another… (lisätietoja)
Nobody in the mystery field does it better these days than Hill, whose down-and-dirty Inspector Dalziel (pronounced Dah-eel in the A&E TV series) jigs and jousts wonderfully with his smart, sensitive sidekick Pascoe.
Their latest outing is one of the best in the series, with Pascoe digging up some old bones and family secrets from his own past
A ravaged wood, a man in uniform long dead -- this is not a World War One battlefield, but Wanwood House, a pharmaceutical research centre. Peter Pascoe attends his grandmother's funeral, and scattering her ashes leads him too into wartorn woods in search of his great-grandfather who fought and died in Passchendaele. Seeing the wood for the trees is the problem for Andy Dalziel when he finds himself fancying an animal rights activist, depite her possible complicity in a murderous assault and her appalling taste in whisky. A mind-bending puzzle leading us on the wild side of the pastoral.
Convoluted story line, shifting between the first world war and the present day, mixed in with desertion, cowardice, and bent ex coppers being involved in animal experiments. I found this to be a so-so story, and not in a rush to read another… (lisätietoja)
Exit Lines by Reginald Hill is part of the Dalziel and Pascoe series and as three old men die on a dark and stormy November night, we are left wondering how and why they met their fate. While one seems to have died during the course of a burglary, another died from a combination of a fall and exposure, and the third was a traffic accident, but at least one witness swears that a drunken Dalziel was the driver leaving the local reporters wondering if this is a police cover-up. Each elderly man left a dying statement that, instead of helping, actually made things even more confusing.
Although I am not this author's biggest fan, the plot here was interesting and complex. I found the author’s use of humour helped to keep the story on track. The issues of aging, death, and senility were used in a way that showed humanity and intelligence. Although Dalziel was mostly a background presence, Pascoe and others on the police team were able to bring the book to a satisfactory conclusion.… (lisätietoja)
Although I am not this author's biggest fan, the plot here was interesting and complex. I found the author’s use of humour helped to keep the story on track. The issues of aging, death, and senility were used in a way that showed humanity and intelligence. Although Dalziel was mostly a background presence, Pascoe and others on the police team were able to bring the book to a satisfactory conclusion.… (lisätietoja)
Maybe even 4.5*... I liked the way the main plot was interwoven with the secondary mystery of the 'Dark Lady'. I was certain that I had spotted who the Dark Lady was but in the end was shown to be wrong (though my guess wasn't a bad one).
I loved the writing in this book and may end up reading this whole series. The one major obstacle to my deciding to do that is that I find Dalziel so very unappealing. It isn't just his vulgarity but also his rotten behaviour to his colleagues and sometimes questionable methods. I have watched the TV adaptation and Dalziel is even worse in the book! However, the team of crass DSI Dalziel, college-educated DI Peter Pascoe & gay DS Wield makes for an interesting cross-section.
One small detail - I was surprised by how tall Eileen Chung was (75 inches = 6'3"), especially as her mother was Malaysian and Asian women averaged a height of ~5' even into the 1990s. It was mentioned a few times during the book and each time I was startled.… (lisätietoja)
I loved the writing in this book and may end up reading this whole series. The one major obstacle to my deciding to do that is that I find Dalziel so very unappealing. It isn't just his vulgarity but also his rotten behaviour to his colleagues and sometimes questionable methods. I have watched the TV adaptation and Dalziel is even worse in the book! However, the team of crass DSI Dalziel, college-educated DI Peter Pascoe & gay DS Wield makes for an interesting cross-section.
One small detail - I was surprised by how tall Eileen Chung was (75 inches = 6'3"), especially as her mother was Malaysian and Asian women averaged a height of ~5' even into the 1990s. It was mentioned a few times during the book and each time I was startled.… (lisätietoja)
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