Reginald Hill (1936–2012)
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Reginald Hill has received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger, for his Dalziel/Pascoe series. (Publisher Provided) Reginald Hill was born in Hartlepool, England on April 3, 1936. He received an English degree from St. toon meer Catherine's College, Oxford University and worked as a teacher until 1980, when he retired to become a full-time writer. His first novel, A Clubbable Woman, was published in 1970. During his lifetime, he wrote over 50 books that range from historical novels to science fiction including Fell of Dark, No Man's Land, The Spy's Wife, and The Woodcutter. He was best known for the Dalziel and Pascoe series and the Joe Sixsmith series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Patrick Ruell, Dick Morland, and Charles Underhill. He received the 1990 Golden Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year for Bones and Silence and the 1995 Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement. He died from a brain tumor on January 12, 2012 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Reginald Hill
There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union: A Novella and Five Stories (1987) 108 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
Pascoe's Ghost [short story] 2 exemplaren
Uncle Harry 2 exemplaren
Dalziel's Ghost [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Forging of Fantom 1 exemplaar
Castles [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Trunk in the Attic [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Rio de Janeiro Paper [short story] 1 exemplaar
Cure for all diseases, A 1 exemplaar
Exit Line [short story] 1 exemplaar
Snowball [short story] 1 exemplaar
Where Are All the Naughty People? 1 exemplaar
Auteur Theory [short story] 1 exemplaar
Threatened Species [short story] 1 exemplaar
Stonestar [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Game of Dog 1 exemplaar
INEDITO 1 exemplaar
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The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (1993) — Medewerker — 12 exemplaren
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Reader's Digest Condensed Books: A Matter of Honour • Ice Trek • The Long Kill • This Shining Land 4 exemplaren
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Dalziel & Pascoe (Series 1-12) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Long Kill • The Ladies of Missalonghi • Exodus Genesis • Just Another Kid (1989) 2 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Hill, Reginald Charles
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Morland, Dick
Ruell, Patrick
Underhill, Charles - Geboortedatum
- 1936-04-03
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2012-01-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- England
UK - Land (voor op de kaart)
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Ravenglass, Cumbria, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Cumbria, England, UK
- Opleiding
- Carlisle Grammar School
Oxford University (St. Catherine's College) - Beroepen
- teacher(1960-1980)
novelist
short-story writer
crime novelist - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Cartier Diamond Dagger 1995
- Agent
- Caradoc King (AP Watt)
- Korte biografie
- Hill was born to a "very ordinary" working-class family—his father was a professional footballer long before sportsmen earned riches—but began reading young. His mother was a great fan of Golden-Age crime writers, and he discovered the genre while fetching her library-books. 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.
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Discussies
Reginald Hill in Crime, Thriller & Mystery (november 2012)
Reginald Hill in British & Irish Crime Fiction (januari 2011)
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Fairly Dangerous Thing door Reginald Hill
I just didn't care for the main character. I didn't want to spend any more time with him.
The plot cleverly weaves the strand of two separate stories, an Australian girl trying to find out what happened to her grandmother decades ago and a Spanish would be priest with a centuries old secret to uncover. While I found the Sam character to be not particularly likable, everything was well plotted and it was an interesting and enjoyable read
The first in the series but already shows signs of good things to come. The characters are sufficiently developed to provide interest , the victim and relatives even more so than the detectives. The plot builds gradually with small twists or herrings. Will definitely find more of the series to try.
Although some of the earlier Dalziel and Pascoe books can contain some cringey sexism, this installment was bearable. The main story is that three elderly men have died under suspicious circumstances and it seems like too much of a coincidence. Having three crimes to investigate allows for some freshness in the pacing, shifting from one story to another, and there are some highly relevant ponderings from various characters about aging and mortality.
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Best Spy Fiction (1)
Booker Prize (1)
Rising water (1)
Favorite Series (1)
British Mystery (2)
2016 UpROOTed (1)
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