Asking for the Moon: A Collection of Dalziel and Pascoe Stories
‘Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift’ Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday
If you’ve already met Dalziel and Pascoe, you’re in for a treat. If you haven’t yet had the pleasure, you’re in for a revelation! Here in four stories we track their partnership from curtain-up to last act; from the mean streets of Mid-Yorkshire to the mountains of the moon.
The Last National Service Man reveals the truth, hitherto buried in police files, of their momentous first encounter, while Pascoe’s Ghost is a chilling tale taking us deep into Poe country. Dalziel’s Ghost, meanwhile, finds the man who normally wouldn’t be seen dead in a graveyard expressing a surprising interest in the ‘other side’. And finally, One Small Step takes a giant leap forward to the first murder on the moon.
”'Few writers in the genre today have Hill’s gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace” - Donna Leon, Sunday Times
”'The fertility of Hill’s imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight” - Val McDermid, Sunday Express
”'He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world” - Andrew Taylor, Independent
”'Reginald Hill’s novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories entwining” - Ian Rankin, Scotland on Sunday