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Pictures of Perfection (The Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries) Kindle Edition
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.
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 bent, and family feuds. But as Enscombe’s past comes into focus, the investigators begin to see a bigger crack in the picture-perfect village. Now, in this season when misdeeds must not go unpunished, reckoning will indeed be paid. And it may already be too late for Dalziel and Pascoe to change the course of local history.
Pictures of Perfection is the 15th 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 size4379 KB
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Product details
- ASIN : B07P3HNC8H
- Publisher : MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (April 30, 2019)
- Publication date : April 30, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 4379 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 : 354 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #543,104 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,822 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #5,379 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Books)
- #7,253 in Police Procedurals (Kindle Store)
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About the author
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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It would be impossible to summarize the plot without giving away what readers need to find out for themselves. It starts with a real bang and from there the story rolls along until an ending which makes sense of all that has gone before. Whether you like it or not is up to you.
For me, I loved the humor of the book (it's the funniest of the series) and the freedom Reginald Hill gave himself to play games with the characters and the reader. The dialogue is witty, the plot and settings well-drawn and, to my great pleasure, Sgt. Wield is at last given the prominence he deserves. I'd love to see him as the principal character in a novel- how about it, Mr. Hill?
Read it for yourself and join the debate.
The problem has been that few of the books were available for Kindle. Just one every now and then. And the older paperbacks were hard to find, and often quite pricey.
Well, someone has decided to open the floodgates. As of this writing there are five "Dalziel and Pascoe" books on free offer through KindleUnlimited Lending Library. Of more immediate value, there are fifteen books now available on Kindle. Some start at $.99, and many are around $2.99. We just stocked up our library in case the books go off the market again.
The books are not only good, they are fine for rereading, (after a suitable period of lying fallow). So, this is a fine time to get into the series and to stock up. I'm not a shill; I'm just delighted to see these on offer.
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"À la recherche du gendarme perdu", un échantillon parfait de l'humour britannique. Si vous aimez ça, une lecture de plage obligatoire.