Reginald Hill
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born
April 03, 1936
gender
male
place of birth
West Hartlepool, County Durham, The United Kingdom
about this author
Reginald Charles Hill is a contemporary English crime writer, and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.
After National Service (1955-57) and studying English at St Catherine's College, Oxford University (1957-60) he worked as a teacher for many years, rising to Senior Lecturer at Doncaster College of Education. In 1980 he retired from salaried work in order to devote himself full-time to writing.
Hill is best known for his more than 20 novels featuring the Yorkshire detectives Andrew Dalziel, Peter Pascoe and Edgar Wield. He has also written more than 30 other novels, including five featuring Joe Sixsmith, a black machine operator turned private detective ...more
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Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill avg rating 4.01 — 143 ratings — published 2007 10 editions |
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On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill avg rating 4.05 — 132 ratings — published 1999 8 editions |
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A Clubbable Woman (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.55 — 137 ratings — published 1970 9 editions |
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The Wood Beyond by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.93 — 109 ratings — published 1996 10 editions |
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Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.93 — 109 ratings — published 1990 9 editions |
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Dialogues of the Dead by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.99 — 107 ratings — published 2001 9 editions |
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Good Morning, Midnight by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.88 — 105 ratings — published 2004 6 editions |
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Death's Jest-book by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.95 — 97 ratings — published 2002 8 editions |
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Recalled to Life by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.87 — 97 ratings — published 1992 5 editions |
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A Pinch of Snuff by Reginald Hill avg rating 3.57 — 91 ratings — published 1978 7 editions |
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