A Killing Kindness

Hill, Reginald

ISBN 10: 0001052977 ISBN 13: 9780001052970

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1997

Synopsis

When a girl is found choked in a ditch following a night out with her boyfriend, a mysterious caller phones the local paper with a quotation from "Hamlet". If Detective-Superintendent Dalziel is unimpressed by the literary phone calls, he is furious when Sergeant Wield calls in a clairvoyant.

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Review

Praise for ‘The Stranger House’:

Grim, gory, fascinating, enraging and entertaining.’ Independent

‘A mystery novel but far more than that. It's gripping... Hill is wonderful.' The Times

‘Exhilarating' Sunday Times

‘You're enthralled by the cunning of the plotting... great.' Observer

‘It's a complex, multi-layered plot... it takes a master like Mr Hill to turn it into such an absorbing and atmospheric mystery.' Sunday Telegraph

Praise for ‘Good Morning, Midnight’:

‘A real treat. The characters are deftly drawn, the plot constantly delivers surprises and the assured narrative demonstrates again what a terrific writer he is.' Observer

‘As absorbing and as enjoyable as anything Hill has produced. The writing is brilliant, witty and erudite.' Evening Standard

Review

'One of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelists.' (The Times)

'These novels last, like a grand malt whisky – rounded, rich, intoxicating ... Here is an author at his formidable best.' (The Mail on Sunday)

'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder.' (The Sunday Telegraph)

'Altogether an enjoyable performance, one of Mr Hill’s best.' (The Financial Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0001052977
• ISBN 13: 9780001052970
• Binding: Audio Cassette
• Language: English