Books written by Reginald Hill

The Detection Collection

Ten years since it was first published, this volume of short stories by the cream of British crime writing talent celebrates 75 years of the quintessential Detection Club.

Death Comes for the Fat Man: A Dalziel and Pascoe Mystery

There was no sign of life.

Thirty years after she was imprisoned, a nanny involved in a crime of passion is released, and Yorkshire's Superintendent Dalziel returns to the scene of her crime to find the truth. Reprint. PW. AB. NYT.

Born Guilty

A British PI finds a body in a box in this mystery with “a nice twist waiting at the end” (Kirkus Reviews).

Death's Jest-Book

Three times DCI Pascoe has wrongly accused dead-pan joker Franny Roote.

Beyond the Bone

These three events are in fact linked—and one tough, determined woman may be about to unravel a shocking conspiracy that lies behind them all, in this lively mystery by “one of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelists” ...

A Killing Kindness: A Dalziel and Pascoe Novel

The Collaborators

From the bestselling author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series, a superb novel of wartime passion, loyalty - and betrayal

Dialogues of the Dead

"Reginald Hill has raised the classical British mystery to new heights."-- "The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed as "the master of form and the sorcerer of style,"* the Grand...

Dialogues of the Dead (Dalziel & Pascoe, Book 17)

New Dalziel and Pascoe novel from Britain’s finest male crime writer: ‘Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction’ Tom Hiney, Observer

Recalled to Life

Cissy Kohler has been in jail for murder for nearly thirty years and Detective Superintendent Dalziel is convinced she's guilty. But, investigating further, he soon finds his certainties being eroded and his reputation at stake.

Recalled to Life

Those buried with Mickledore and his wife a generation ago? Or those Cissy is holding on to for dear life? Recalled to Life is the 14th book in the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

The Wood Beyond

'Hill's wit is the constant, ironic foil to his vision, and to call this a mere crime novel is to say Everest is a nice little hill' Frances Hegarty, Mail...

The Stranger House

The past Mig is interested in is more than four centuries old. They meet in the village pub, the Stranger House, a remnant of the old Illthwaite Priory. They can find nothing to agree on.

Traitor's Blood

An international fugitive is faced with a vexing choice: “A first-rate espionage thriller . . . nonstop action” (Publishers Weekly).

Arms and the Women

Or how insanely epic the reasons are. Arms and the Women is the 19th book in the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Child's Play

Until they dare to look a little deeper into the Hubys’ family plot. Child’s Play is the 9th book in the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

On Beulah Height

On Beulah Height is the 18th book in the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Recalled to Life: A Dalziel-Pascoe Mystery

When new evidence leads to the release of a prisoner that Andrew Dalziel helped his mentor, Walter Tallantire, put behind bars years before, Dalziel must work fast to save his late friend's reputation

Bones and Silence

. A powerful ending.” —Publishers Weekly “No other genre author . . . writes with such feeling and understanding of silently unhappy women as does Mr. Hill in his tender character portraits of the town wives and daughters.” —The ...