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sjo wrote this review Wednesday, August 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Death of Dalziel in my copy. Does this site only show American editions?”
Marian M wrote this review Saturday, November 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Andy Dalziel (usually pronounced Dee-elle), a large English detective and Peter Pascoe, his better educated (and it's presumed, classically handsome) subordinate are two characters that Reginald Hill has used in a number of murder mysteries. He usually uses them in a way that allows him to make clever digs about class and education in the UK, while they solve crimes there.
Jamie B wrote this review Monday, May 19 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This book is slightly different. Dalziel is severely wounded (and spends the remainder of the book in intensive care) when an Muslim run videostore is blown up. The deaths of the people inside are followed by the deaths of a number of high profile radical British Muslims, but Pascoe has to investigate all the deaths on his own (in conjunction with the Anti-Terrorism Squad), because Dalziel is otherwise engaged.
I'm not sure about this book, because the typical central dynamic that allows the story to rattle along isn't there. It flows along at a decent enough pace, but it doesn't work as well I don't think, because that central focus of most of Hill's stories isn't there.
You'll probably enjoy it, but don't come in expecting what you've got in previous books or what you get in the TV series. It isn't the same as those previous outings.”
“Just a representation of the whole Dalziel and Pascoe series which I have found uniformly excellent and far better in the word than in the TV representation. Warren Clarke is fair as Dalziel but it is hard to visualise him as 'the fatman' and much of the earthier humour and some of the Yorkshireness is edited out in the TV versions. As far as the books are concerned I have enjoed their plots, richly drawn characters, pace and tension and relished the use of words for their own sake. I found it helpful to read them in chronological order.”
John H wrote this review Friday, January 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this is the first Dalziel and Pascoe I have read, and I really enjoyed it much to my own surprise. It is very easy to read, but gripping and there is quite a nice back story, and it's not all about procedure and crime solving. Recommended.”
Ghostbuster wrote this review Wednesday, November 28 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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