Reginald Hill

Jubilee weekend is almost here (if you hadn’t already noticed all the paraphernalia around town) and that means a FOUR DAY WEEKEND.  What better way to celebrate all that glorious reading time than by snapping up the following fantastic Kindle reads for the teensy price of £1.99!! A Spy by… Read More

 Christmas holidays are always incredibly busy, so we've only had three reviews back so far - but luckily for us, they are absolute crackers! They gave 5 stars for this brilliant psychological thriller from the author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series. Anyway, you can read what they said for yourselves...   Patricia Thompson writes: This is definitely a five star read and one of the best books I've read for a long time. The Woodcutter in the title is Wolf Hadda who we meet properly on his wedding anniversary when his house is raided and he's arrested for crimes which he insists he hasn't committed and has no knowledge of. Gradually we begin to learn more of Wolf and his past and present and he's a believable character who had me rooting for him and for his innocence to be proved throughout the book. This is a book which I read at breakneck speed as I couldn't wait to find out more and more about Wolf, boy and man. For anyone who is familiar with Reginald Hill from his Dalziel and Pascoe books, this is a departure from his usual style and not a Yorkshire Moor in the whole book, just some gritty characters who you find yourself warming to as soon as they're introduced and others you dislike immediately which I think is a sign of some excellent story writing as the reader is totally absorbed into the story and everyone in it. After I'd turned the last page I was left with a sadness that it had come to an end. A thoroughly enjoyable book which you both want to finish to tie all the loose ends up and a sense of loss that it is all over. I'm sure Wolf will stay in my head for a long time as his character was so believable that you don't want to say goodbye to him.   Carol Peace writes: A great standalone book, a definite 5 out of 5.   A great book and a great mystery. The book revelations keep you glued and you just have to read the next page to find out what the conclusion will be.  Jo Barry writes: With the recent death of Reginald Hill the literary world has lost a writer at the top of his game, however he could not have asked for a finer swansong than The Woodcutter. Five stars. Read More

The fast-moving, stunning new standalone psychological thriller – from the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series is our Book of the Month for November. Killer Reads presents Reginald Hill‘s The Woodcutter Wolf Hadda’s life has been a fairytale. From humble origins as a Cumbrian woodcutter’s… Read More

Today saw the announcement of The Lost Man Booker Prize longlist - confused? This>is a one-off prize to honour books published in 1970 which missed out on the opportunity to win the Booker Prize. In 1971, just two years after it began, the Booker Prize ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became, as it is today, a prize for the best novel in the year of publication. At the same time, the date on which the award was given moved from April to November. As a result of these changes, there was a whole year's gap when a wealth of fiction, published in 1970 fell through the net. These books were simple never considered for the prize...until now. The shortlist will be announced in March but, as with the Best of the Booker in 2008, the international reading public will decide the winner by voting via the Man Booker Prize website with the overall winner being announced in May. Read More

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as ‘the crime novel’s best hope’ and twenty years on he has… Read More