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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. read more, english crime (  )julialabonte | May 25, 2009 |   An enjoyable Dalziel & Pascoe story, with liberal quantities of Emily Dickinson allusions, and a background that draws heavily on the Matrix Churchill ("Arms to Iraq") case of the 90s. The plot develops largely through a series of conflicting, tape-recorded witness statements. Interestingly, the BBC TV version of this story dropped the arms-dealing part of the story altogether, and replaced it with a more domestic scandal involving toxic waste - were they concerned about it hurting their overseas sales, I wonder? (  )thorold | Dec 9, 2008 | This is a cracking read! Daziel appears to be behaving strangely: he is allowing Kay Kafka to wrap him around his little finger. Pascoe suspects that she has murdered her step son, but Daziel insists that it is suicide. A fantastically convoluted plot twists and turns right to the last page, where it transpires that ........... No, I wont spoil your enjoyment! (  )the.ken.petersen | Jul 22, 2008 | A return to a more standard format for Dalziel and Pascoe following the more arc-ish set of stories. The story itself is very interestingly formed, as you know what happened from the very start, just not why, or how people will respond to it. As ever it's the characters that are the real delight though, with plenty of references to previous books and events to keep the characters totally consistant and interesting. (  )sulkyblue | May 10, 2007 | Reginald Hill is one of my favourite detective fiction writers - in fact, he is probably my favourite contemporary detective fiction writer. I have read almost all of his Dalziel & Pascoe novels and am particularly fond of the novels of the late 1990s and early noughties - partly it must be my familiarity with the novels and the fact that one of the traditions of crime fiction I particularly like is the use of allusions and intertextuality. Good Morning, Midnight, borrowing its name as it does from a poem by Emily Dickinson, is no exception. A good Dalziel & Pascoe novel but one that isn't likely to become one of my particular favourites - it would have to have lots of Wield in it to achieve that status. ( )mari_reads | Sep 10, 2006 | 0.045 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 000712340X, Hardcover)Hailed by the New York Times as "the master of form and sorcerer of style," Reginald Hill is undoubtedly at the top of his form in this gripping story of a mysterious death that echoes one in the past."Somewhere distantly a church clock began to strike midnight. In the muffling fog, it sounded both familiar and threatening, like the bell on a warning buoy tolled by the ocean's rhythmic swell." Good Morning, Midnight Yorkshire's coppers Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe are investigating the suicide of prominent businessman Pal Maciver. It seems to be a clear-cut case: he shot himself while sitting at his desk in his locked study. But things are not quite what they seem. When Pascoe digs deeper, he finds threads going back to another, almost identical death -- that of Maciver's father. And even more disturbing: Pascoe's boss, Detective Superintendent Dalziel, was the officer on that case. With Dalziel checking his every move, Pascoe is forced to lead his own investigation, plunging into the past to uncover truths about the Maciver family, particularly Pal's relationship with his step-mother, the beautiful and enigmatic Kay Kafka. He soon realizes that the implications of Maciver's death stretch far beyond the borders of Yorkshire. And when a key witness -- exotic hooker Dolores, "Lady of Pain" -- disappears, the death takes on a far more complicated and mysterious face. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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