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![Exit Lines (The Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries) by [Reginald Hill]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41kOp1EYI6L._SY346_.jpg)
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Reginald Hill “raised the classical British mystery to new heights” when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe (The New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made them “the most remarkable duo in the annals of crime fiction” (Toronto Star). Adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC, the Gold Dagger Award–winning series is now available as ebooks.
On the same night, three old men are offed: One is found in the icy rain sputtering the name “Polly” before expiring; another mumbles “Charley” after being beaten in his bathtub; and most alarmingly, the final words of the third, a cyclist knocked off the road by a drunk driver, implicate Superintendent Andrew Dalziel in the fatal hit and run. Bearing the brunt of three seemingly disparate investigations while proving his partner’s innocence, Peter Pascoe follows a confounding trail that leads to one victim’s family secrets, a shady retirement community, and corruption within the CID’s ranks that’s putting more than Dalziel’s already dicey reputation in peril.
Exit Lines is the 8th book in the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Publication dateApril 30, 2019
- File size6127 KB
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'He [Hill] is first and foremost an instictive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift' - Francis Fyfield, Mail on Sunday
'Their [Dalziel and Pascoe's] double act... is one of the delights of English crime fiction' - Marcel Berlins, The Times
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.Product details
- ASIN : B07P4LGHMJ
- Publisher : MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (April 30, 2019)
- Publication date : April 30, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 6127 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 329 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #225,109 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,059 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #3,091 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Books)
- #4,348 in Police Procedurals (Kindle Store)
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Reginald Hill has been widely published both in England and the United States. He received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger for his Dalziel/Pascoe series.
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mystery story. Adding the death bed exit lines of famous and infamous persons starting each chapter was perfection.
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In this tale, three pensioners die is various circumstances with Dalziel be put in the frame for potential drink driving leading to the death of one character. The three investigations run consecutively with the focus being on conflicts of interest for Dalziel as well as an expose of the licensed betting business. As usual with Hill, the story is peppered with credible characters and the plots deliberately low-key and mundane, the motives for the crimes being banal and credible. Despite this, the story remains hugely gripping with only a handful of references to TV programmes like "Dallas" betraying the fact that this book was written back in the 1980's.
I used to believe that crime writing represented the nadir of fiction yet Hill is almost too good to be defined by this oeuvre. The writing puts the reader straight in to the story and I found it impossible to put this book down. Had I read these books before seeing the TV series, I would have found the dramatization a slight disappointment as good as the late Warren Clarke was. Whilst Clarke's portrayal of Dalziel was memorable, the books relay the stories in far greater detail with the put-downs which made his performance so compelling being a feature of the whole police team. This is writing of the highest order and a joy to read. I'm currently debating which one in the series to pick up next....................

Oddly, the cover displayed for this book reads...'writer of homebread crime fiction' which must refer to strong flour in some way

But hey - it's fun, and you need something to lighten a story which revolves around the deaths of three pretty ordinary old men. And this Reginald Hill does, without trivialising the sadness of the victims and their relatives. The characters of two minor stalwarts of Mid-Yorkshire C.I.D. are also developed (the awkward Constable Hector and the up-and-coming D.C. Seymour - who tries to balance success in love with the contingencies of the service).
What gives this novel an extra tension is the suggestion that the Fat Man himself might have been involved in one of the deaths, and Pascoe's loyalty (and ours!) is stretched to the limit. Hang in, there!

Once again from insignificant beginnings he conjures up a tale so intricate and yet so simple and wonderfully entertaining. The characters develop in each story and become almost old friends to the reader.
Excellent!
