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The old trick of splitting a central character into two very different parts and using the tension to create literary sparks has worked for writers as diverse as Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin) and Patrick O'Brian (Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin). Nobody in the mystery field does it better these days than Hill, whose down-and-dirty Inspector Dalziel (pronounced Dah-eel in the A&E TV series) jigs and jousts wonderfully with his smart, sensitive sidekick Pascoe. Their latest outing is one of the best in the series, with Pascoe digging up some old bones and family secrets from his own past. (Other Dalziel/Pascoe books include
Blood Sympathy,
Exit Lines,
Pictures of Perfection,
A Pinch of Snuff,
Ruling Passion.)
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Police Inspector Peter Pascoe has stumbled upon the remains of an ancestor unjustly executed in wartime. As he delves into the mystery of his disgraced great-grandfather's death, his partner, Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel, is preoccupied with a shapely animal rights activist. Eight female protesters have discovered human bones on the grounds of a drug company's research headquarters, and the investigation has a shocking connection to Pascoe's own family case.
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Great Reading.......2007-08-09
Hill will send you to the dictionary. He will also get you to laugh out loud. This series is required reading for anyone who enjoys crime novels and really good writing. The characterizations are marvelous. The plots are intricate. The jokes are worth retelling. This was the first of the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries that I have read. Since I have read two more and plan on trying to read them all. One can only recommend this book unreservedly.
Near perfect crime novel!.......2007-05-18
I have been reading my way through the Dalziel and Pascoe series. This is the fifteenth or so book in the series. These books are all good, but this one is as nearly perfect as a crime novel gets. In it Hill weaves two mysteries together with winding silken threads. One of the murders is in the present day, but one dates back to the time of the Great War. And as Pascoe pursues his anscestors' past, he finds that there is a lot to connect his past to the present day, and neither mystery really makes sense until the oldest one is solved first. Hill is a very talented writer, and to my mind ranks right up there with some of the present-day masters - P.D. James and Ruth Rendall. He keeps getting better and better, and his stories become more and more complex. In some respects they are ethereal, but there is always Wieldy to bring things back down to earth. No character in any book has his feet more firmly planted on the ground than Wieldy. And no character is sharper than Fat Andy Dalziel. In this book he loses his way somewhat, but he does find it again, and goes on to solve the present-day mystery. The past mystery is solved by Pascoe on his own, and what he uncovers is devastating to him. Awesome book! Awesome writer!
Fast and human.......2004-01-07
This is my first written contact with Dalziel and Pascoe of tv fame and it certainly won't be my last. When an animal rights group swarms over a scientific complex, human bones are found in a swampy area, giving the police an extra reason to probe deeply into the goings on of the pharmaceutical company who run the place. Mr.Hill is an extremely erudite writer with a splendid command of the English language..it will also help my vocabulary as I have to keep the Oxford at hand to keep up with him. This story returns frequently to the French battlefields of WW1 via the diaries of Pascoe's grandfather who was shot for desertion after a ruling by a kangaroo court, so this connection injects a very personal touch, linking Pascoe with the present case through past generations.
Killing fields, past and present.......2003-10-18
If you are already familiar with Reginald Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe series, recommending this one won't be a hard sell. If not, check it out and discover one of the contemporary masters of the crime novel.
This is an ambitious work; Hill clearly intends to transcend the police procedural genre, and includes a parallel story set in the ghastly killing fields of Passchendaele in the Great War that dovetails with the present-day murder case that is the nominal subject of the book. It must be said that the interwoven story of Pascoe's ancestor (who shares his name and is involved with ancestors of suspects in the killing that Pascoe and Dalziel are investigating), strains credulity; it's a literary construct that doesn't really come off.
But who cares? Hill as a writer is otherwise at the top of his game. It's full of witty dialogue (if only people in life -- myself included -- could set off such a string of verbal firecrackers, how much more entertaining our daily round would be!). Dalziel's Yorkshire dialect is a constant source of delight: I hope expressions like "nowt," "tha's," "lass," et al. aren't dying out. And as usual, the characters, especially the detectives and Pascoe's wife Ellie, are drawn in psychological depth.
The novel can be enjoyed as pure entertainment. But, notwithstanding the parallel story's unlikelihood, it offers a window into the ungodly horrors of trench warfare in 1917 and the savagery of military "justice" in the British army of the time.
Dull and Lacks either humor or suspense.......2003-07-11
This novel is very disappointing. Pascoe's invovlement with his forebears just doesn't make for even marginally compelling fiction. The environmental aspect is doubly disappointing because it reveals a political correctness, which we knew Hill felt close to his "soul", but had wisely jettisoned (except for Wieldy), and Hill tries to have his cake and eat it too. He presents environmentalism as a positive good, but also presents it in such a way that it comes across as absurd. Dalziel is depicted callowly (Was he in the novel?) NO way in world that FAt Andy would go for the girl Hill has chosen for her. Finally, the novel is shrouded in "fog" (miasma) I realize Hill was aiming for something special, but for this reader he missed wildly.
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- The Martha Years Beyond the Heather Hills
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The Martha Years Beyond the Heather Hills.......2007-06-10
Martha leaves the valley for the first time. She continues to be her spunky self, yet discovers that she's not THE Laird's daughter only that she's A Laird's daughter. It makes her think about whether she's thought of herself as being better than others. In reading these Martha books, you witness a girl who although born into money wants to be looked upon and treated no better or no worse than any other child. She wants to give to, learn from, and mingle with servants, their families, and everyone else in the valley. In this particular book, she's goes to Perth to visit with her sister Grisie. While enjoying her visit with Grisie, she finds it a challenge to deal with the servants and Grisie's father-in-law who don't want her there. She wants to "behave" as she's been told to do, but she also wants them to know that she has her own personality and didn't come 'out of a cookie cutter.' This, as with all of the series, is a Great Story.
Grisie's Life in Perth.......2006-04-15
This book is when Martha leaves the friendly valley for one of the first times in her youthful life, and goes and visits her sister Grisie who now lives in Perth. Grisie is unable to come to the valley for special reasons so Martha goes to Perth to be with her sisters, there is a few interesting and unique situations that happens between Martha, and the servants who live in the Doune House. If you would like to explore more about Grisie's married life, and about the visit with Martha, then you will like this book. This is when she has more or less fully matured.
Great Book.......2003-08-30
Absolutly charming! In this book Martha leaves Glencaraid valley on a visit to Perth where Grisie now lives. In this book Martha grows up some: she now sees life from a more serious perspective and realizes how much she really loves her family. A longing to see the world awakens in her, too. I was surprised to find a married Grisie and very dissapointed that the wedding was not described.And was Grisie pregnant from June to April ? Despite this incongruence and the lack of Grisie's romantic wedding description, the book is a good one, one of my favorites.
More "Martha" and Little House.......2003-07-25
Martha is Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandmother and the "Martha series" are the books about her life in Scotland. This one has her beginning to grow up and learn to be a young lady. This is a great series of books, as are the ones that cover her daughter (Charlotte) and granddaughter (Caroline, Laura's mother). Remember these are not written by Laura, so they're different from the original Little House books, but they are excellent little books showing the author's view of how the girls' lives went.
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A Man Who Really LIved!.......2007-02-20
This is the story of Waite Phillips, brother of Frank Phillips who started Phillips Petroleum. His life was the most interesting of anyone I have read about so far. This man really lived life to the fullest and seemed to enjoy it more then others. He was a great business man who said he never had a mortgage on any property that he ever owned even though he owned at one time around 700,000 acres of land and had millions invested in commercial properties and 7 homes.
The book goes through his childhood and his traveling adventures as a young man to working for his brothers in the oil business and then venturing out on his own starting his own oil company. Later on in life he moved into Real Estate and seemed to make money at everything he did. He was also a great philanthropist who gave away his prized New Mexico ranch to the Boy Scouts and along with that an office building in Tulsa to provide income for it's upkeep. One of his epigrams was "The only things we really keep are those we give away."
The book has 39 chapters and is only 375 pages long. It has many pictures of family and some of the buildings that he owned. It also contains exerts from Waite's diary and many of his own epigrams which are very insightful and gives you a real perspective of who Waite was.
It is the story that makes this book so great. Anyone I believe can appreciate the way Waite lived his life and will walk away with maybe a renewed perspective on life.
Review of Beyond the Hills: The Journey of Waite Phillips.......2005-07-07
This book is well written and informative. If you like biographys, this is a good choice.
Excellent work.......2003-08-19
This book is about the journey of life of a very special man. A man who had vision at all times, through failure and dedication to live a supreme life.
His struggles to succeed are well told, and by his ultimate success, he would become a wealthy man. A man with the sense of good who would later will his fortune of land to the Boy Scouts of America.
Oil-rich WaitePhillips becomes richer by giving it all away........1999-11-05
This is a fascinating story of Waite Phillips and his dreams of living a cowboy life out west, his bond with twin brother Wiatt, and his life as an oilman, wildcatter and millionare. Most importantly, it is the story of a man with the wisdom to understand that "A man keeps nothing unless he gives it away". His gifts to the Boy Scouts of America, hospitals, universities, and the city of Tulsa stand as a testiment to his wisdom and love of people. I recommend this book more often than any other. It should be required reading for all.
A fully interesting book that makes you want to read.......1999-10-27
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To the thousands who visit Philmont every year, for training, for a wilderness experience, or to serve on staff, this book should give you the information and attitude you need to truly appreciate the experience.
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Free and Alive on the Sea.......2005-07-04
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A wonderful book!.......2002-04-10
Hawk Spencer and Elizabeth MacNeal are now married and enjoying married life again. After only a week of being married Hawk and Sequatchie accompany Paul Anderson and Rhonda Harper to Williamsburg so they can be married.
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This is a great sequel to the first book. I loved the continuing story of Elizabeth and Hawk. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. If you've read the first book and liked it I strongly suggest this one.
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