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A woman exposes her dead husband’s lies in a thriller by the “consistently excellent” author of the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries (The Times, London).
Best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill proves himself to be a “master of . . . cerebral puzzle mysteries” in his stand-alone thrillers as well—now available as...
Best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill proves himself to be a “master of . . . cerebral puzzle mysteries” in his stand-alone thrillers as well—now available as...
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 2
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The “master of . . . cerebral puzzle mysteries” sends his Yorkshire detectives back to college to be taught a lesson in murder (The New York Times).
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...
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...
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Set in Nazi-occupied France, this World War II novel of intrigue by the author of the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries call[s] to mind John le Carré. Best known for his gritty Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill proves to be "the finest male English contemporary crime writer" of stand-alone novels-now available as ebooks (Val McDermid). Paris, 1945. Günter Mai is a compassionate lieutenant with German intelligence,...
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A national Expectation of Life seemed liked a good idea at the time. Nearly half a century ago, Britain's overpopulation resulted in a collapsing economy that foretold certain doom. The visionary solution was left to then–Prime Minister Matthew Matlock. The Age Bill was his brainchild. It also became mandatory. To control the population, every English citizen was fitted with a clock heart. Expectation of Life: seventy-five. Matlock was the first....
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Jaysmith is a hit man highly regarded for his telescopic flair for the "long kill." Until failing eyesight results in a career-first: Jaysmith misses his target. Perhaps it's time to retire. Where better than the English Lake District? He's fallen for beautiful young widow and single mother Anya Wilson, and has found himself a cozy cottage where he can hang up his M1. Just two problems: Anya's loving father is the man he was hired to kill, and Jaysmith's...
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A Yorkshire cop’s reunion with old friends is marred by murder in this mystery by “the finest male English contemporary crime writer” (Val McDermid).
With his longtime girlfriend, Ellie, detective Peter Pascoe is off to Thornton Lacey for an exciting weekend reunion with a few of his college friends. However, upon arrival, he finds no cause for celebration. Instead, there’s been a triple homicide,...
With his longtime girlfriend, Ellie, detective Peter Pascoe is off to Thornton Lacey for an exciting weekend reunion with a few of his college friends. However, upon arrival, he finds no cause for celebration. Instead, there’s been a triple homicide,...
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William Blake Hazlitt is in hiding on Scotland's picturesque Isle of Skye, roughing it in a canvas tent and watching tourists from a distance through binoculars. His disappearance has not raised any alarms so far at the university where he works as an administrator. But Caroline Nevis, the young American student he's been seeing, is growing more concerned about his sudden, mysterious vacation. Now she's decided to investigate.
What Caroline doesn't...
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From a Diamond Dagger winner: A dark tale of murderous conspiracies, secret societies, and a royal family in danger.
After a series of hideous and gruesome crimes, Inspector Doug McHarg is asking questions-but some people don't want him to. That includes his boss on the local police force and Scotland Yard-not to mention whoever is sending him death threats.
But McHarg is an unhappy man with little left to lose, and he intends to follow up on...
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In England, a skeleton from Roman times goes missing from the site of an archaeological dig-as does the man overseeing the project. In Baghdad, a diplomat dies suddenly. And in California, a scientist commits suicide.
These three events are in fact linked-and one tough, determined woman may be about to unravel a shocking conspiracy that lies behind them all, in this lively mystery.
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Joseph Askern, English teacher in a village day school has three preoccupations: his fantasies about women that are quite unbecoming for such a proper gentleman; a hopelessly delinquent student; and a near obsessive fascination with the history of the noble estate of Averingerett. Unluckily for Joseph, they are all about to collide. The filching father of the troubled pupil has engaged a call girl for her services in blackmail. The scheme: Joseph...
11) Red Christmas
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Have Yourself a Dickensian Christmas! That's what the Dingley Dell, a secluded hotel in the English countryside, promises. Arabella Allen is eager to partake in the dancing, skating, and spiked punch-especially with Boswell, Dickens scholar and charming host. But when a blizzard leaves the guests snowbound, the cozy trappings feel more like an icy trap. Finding a frozen corpse can do that. Now Arabella is questioning the real motive behind drawing...
12) Midnight fugue
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 24
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It starts with a phone call to Superintendent Dalziel from an old friend asking for help. But where it ends is a very different story. Gina Wolfe has come to mid Yorkshire in search of her missing husband, believed dead. Her fiancee, Commander Mick Purdy of the Met, thinks Dalziel should be able to take care of the job. What none of them realize is how events set in motion decades ago will come to a violent head on this otherwise ordinary summer's...
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 1
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The first book in the “outstanding” British police procedural series—the basis for the long-running BBC series featuring the Yorkshire detective duo (The New York Times).
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...
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...
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Joe Sixsmith mysteries volume 5
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Laid-off lathe operator-turned-private investigator Joe Sixsmith is suddenly very popular, and not just with the ladies. Though he doesn't know a putter from a nine iron, he's being implored to come to the rescue of one Christian Porphyry, the scion of the upper-crust family that owns the most exclusive country club in Luton. Porphyry faces expulsion for the heinous crime of cheating at golf.
Inexplicably, political boss/crime czar "King Rat" Ratcliffe...
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 14
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Adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC, the Gold Dagger Award–winning series is now available as eBooks. It's the Day of Reckoning in the village of Enscombe, a two-day celebration among locals to feast and to pay old debts. When Enscombe's constable vanishes, it's time for Dalziel and Pascoe to upend the party. At first they're confronted with what appear to be only niggling hiccups in the enclave: break-ins, a vicar with a lustful...
17) One Small Step
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 12
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Adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC, the Gold Dagger Award–winning series is now available as eBooks. When astronaut Emile Lemarque takes an accidental-and televised-fatal fall from his lunar module, he stirs up more than moon dust. It's the far-flung future, and Peter Pascoe, now UK Commissioner in the Eurofed, believes Emile has made history-as the first man to be murdered on the moon. How can Pascoe prove it was sabotage when the...
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Joe Sixsmith mysteries volume 4
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It looks to be a melodious weekend for Joe Sixsmith and his chapel choir. They're headed for the first annual choral festival in Llanffugiol, a village said to be the heart of musical life in rural Wales. But the locals are far from welcoming in this off-the-map hamlet where dread lingers as heavy as the mist. Never more so than when Joe comes to the rescue of a naked amnesiac screaming for her life in a burning cottage. No one claims to know her,...
19) The Only Game
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When four-year-old Noll is abducted from an Essex kindergarten, his grieving mother, Jane Maguire, sets off alarms for Det. Inspector Dog Cicero. She's a liar, has a quick-temper, and a dodgy reputation for taking out her frustrations on her little angel. Then Jane makes a startling confession: She murdered Noll and threw his body in the Thames. For the first time since Dog met her, he's sure of one thing: Whatever Jane was guilty of, she hadn't killed...
20) On Beulah Height
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Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries volume 17
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