Pictures Of Perfection (CH) (Charnwood Library) - Hardcover

Hill, Reginald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0708988458 ISBN 13: 9780708988459

Publisher: Charnwood, 1995

Synopsis

'Hill's central characters are so real that you can picture them instantly, and his grasp of local Yorkshire life is as sure as his always sharp gift for narrative.' TIME OUT. "Reginald Hill is among the most entertaining and invigorating detective novelists writing at present." Times Literary Supplement When a policeman goes missing from the pretty village of Enscombe, high in the Mid-Yorkshire dales, DCI Peter Pascoe gets worried. Andy Dalziel thinks he's just overreacting until Sergeant Wield also shows signs of changing his first impressions of village life. Over two eventful days, a pattern emerges - of lust and lying, family feuds, frustrated desires and unbalanced minds. Not even the presence of the Mid-Yorkshire CID trio can change the course of history, though one of them is to find the course of his own personal history changed for ever.

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From the Publisher:

Reginald Hill's ironic humor, polished prose, and keen insight have placed him squarely alongside such great mystery writers as P. D. James and Ruth Rendell. In his latest novel his much-appreciated team of detectives, the incomparable Dalziel and Pascoe, find themselves in the pretty village of Enscombe, which is steadfastly trying -- though somewhat in vain -- to repel the advances of both tourists and developers. When a policeman is discovered missing, Pascoe is immediately worried, but Dalziel thinks he's overreacting... until the normally phlegmatic Sergeant Wield also shows signs of changing his first impressions of picture-perfect village life. Over two eventful days a new pattern emerges: one of lust and lying, family feuds and ancient injuries, frustrated desires and unbalanced minds. Finally, inevitably, everything comes to a bloody climax at the Squire's Reckoning, where the villagers gather each Lady Day to feast and pay old debts. Not even the three lawmen's presence can change the course of history... though one of them is to find the course of his own personal history changed forever. "Outstanding procedual series." -- The New York Times

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"Outstanding procedual series." -- The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Charnwood
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0708988458
• ISBN 13: 9780708988459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432