Dalziel and Pascoe Hunt the Christmas Killer & Other Stories

“Fast paced and packed with the Yorkshire duo’s trademark humour” Daily Mirror

‘As well as being a highly skilled crime novelist, the late Reginald Hill (1936-2012) was an accomplished short story writer. This collection… showcases both Hill’s virtuosity and his continual experimentation with the genre … All are explored in Hill’s trademark playful but sharply observed style as he conjures up multifaceted characters with economical ease … these stories will make a perfect Christmas present for mystery fiction aficionados’ Guardian

PRAISE FOR REGINALD HILL

Fast paced and packed with the Yorkshire duo’s trademark humour The Times

'Reginald Hill's novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories intertwining'
Ian Rankin

'The finest male English contemporary crime writer'
Val McDermid

'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder'
Sunday Telegraph

'Few writers in the genre today have Hill's gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace'
Donna Leon, Sunday Times

'One of Britain's most consistently excellent crime novelists'
The Times

‘Altogether an enjoyable performance, one of Mr Hill’s best’
Financial Times

'These novels last, like a grand malt whisky – rounded, rich, intoxicating… Here is an author at his formidable best'
Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday

'He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world'
Andrew Taylor, Independent

'Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction'
Observer