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A Killing Kindness (Dalziel & Pascoe #6)
A crime novel in which detective duo Dalziel and Pascoe are called upon to catch the Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Hamlet on the telephone to the local newspaper.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
September 25th 2009
by Felony & Mayhem
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As far as I can tell the Yorkshire Ripper came into being in 1975 (although I'd guess that the nickname didn't get invented until a while after that) and Peter Sutcliffe wasn't arrested until 1981. This fact is interesting because this book was published in 1980 and concerns the career of the fictional "Yorkshire Choker". Since the Yorkshire Ripper looms large in my childhood memories of the news (he gets equal billing with Ethiopian famines) I found there was something rather distur...more
This is quite possibly the best of the Dalziel and Pascoe novels that I've read so far. It's a very well paced police procedural with enough twists and turns to keep you hooked until the very end. If you haven't tried this series before, this book would be a good place to start; it's an excellent example of most of the things the series does right.
One thing that particularly impressed me about this book is how it deals with a lot of difficult subject matter. There is a serial killer...more
One thing that particularly impressed me about this book is how it deals with a lot of difficult subject matter. There is a serial killer...more
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This book was awesome. The best Dalziel and Pascoe I've read so far. I was about to switch to another series and read a different title but I can't, I need more of my favorite detectives.
I love the fat man!
My favorite of the series so far... If there was a 4+ stars, I would have given it.
Another great installment in the series. Dalziel's his usual vulgar self, Pascoe's mind is on the pregnant Ellie, and poor Wield is having troubles with his boyfriend. The twist in this one comes after Pascoe figures out who the killer is and the reader gets a full confession from them. But a bunch of girls have to die first—which is very sad.
Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe investigate the stranglings of a number of young women at a summer fair. What do the gypsies have to do with all this mayhem?
Colin Buchanan does a great job on narration.
Colin Buchanan does a great job on narration.
Three is the top mark I give to mysteries. Love the Pascoe and Dalziel series.
Not the best Reginald Hill, but engrossing all the same.
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