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Asking for the Moon by Reginald Hill (1998, Mass Market)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100440225833
ISBN-139780440225836
eBay Product ID (ePID)792029
Product Key Features
Book TitleAsking for the Moon
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicThrillers / Crime, Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Short Stories (Single Author), Mystery & Detective / Traditional
GenreFiction
AuthorReginald Hill
Book SeriesDalziel and Pascoe Ser.
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight7 Oz
Item Length6.7 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number16
Dewey Decimal823.9/14
Edition DescriptionReprint,Revised edition
SynopsisSpanning the careers of two of crime fiction's most esteemed police detectives, these four short mysteries are revelatory episodes in the complex relationship between Dalziel and Pascoe.In the opening tale, the chilling start of the Dalziel and Pascoe partnership--never before revealed--is cemented by a killer and his shotgun.In another, the duo investigates the fate of a woman no one has seen for a year, except her brother, who claims he is being haunted by her ghost.Then the detectives keep vigil at an isolated farmhouse, waiting to see what is making things go bump in the night.Finally, a jump in time to the year 2012, and the partners' last case: the first man murdered on the moon.Set against Yorkshire's brooding landscape, Asking for the Moon shows the full spectrum of Dalziel's eccentric brilliance, the evolution of Pascoe's professionalism, the zenith of Reginald Hill's incomparable talent...and the very best British mystery can be.", Spanning the careers of two of crime fiction's most esteemed police detectives, these four short mysteries are revelatory episodes in the complex relationship between Dalziel and Pascoe. In the opening tale, the chilling start of the Dalziel and Pascoe partnership--never before revealed--is cemented by a killer and his shotgun. In another, the duo investigates the fate of a woman no one has seen for a year, except her brother, who claims he is being haunted by her ghost. Then the detectives keep vigil at an isolated farmhouse, waiting to see what is making things go bump in the night. Finally, a jump in time to the year 2012, and the partners' last case: the first man murdered on the moon. Set against Yorkshire's brooding landscape, Asking for the Moon shows the full spectrum of Dalziel's eccentric brilliance, the evolution of Pascoe's professionalism, the zenith of Reginald Hill's incomparable talent...and the very best British mystery can be.
