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Reginald Hill

Reginald Hill (1936-2012) was an English crime fiction novelist, renowned for his Dalziel and Pascoe series set in Yorkshire. His novels often featured unique structures, including non-chronological storytelling. In 1995, he was honored with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. Hill died in January 2012 due to a brain tumor. He made his fiction debut in 1970 with A Clubbable Woman, the first book in the Dalziel and Pascoe series. Below is a list of Reginald Hill’s works in the order of their original publication.

Reginald Hill became a published novelist in 1970 with the novel A Clubbable Woman. Below is a list of Reginald Hill's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Clubbable Woman (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Advancement of Learning (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ruling Passion (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An April Shroud (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Pinch of Snuff (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Killing Kindness (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Deadheads (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Exit Lines (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Child's Play (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Under World (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bones and Silence (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One Small Step (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Recalled to Life (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pictures of Perfection (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wood Beyond (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Beulah Height (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Arms and the Women (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dialogues of the Dead (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death's Jest-Book (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Good Morning, Midnight (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Comes for the Fat Man / The Death of Dalziel (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last National Service Man (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Cure for All Diseases / The Price of Butcher's Meat (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Midnight Fugue (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Pascoe's Ghost (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Asking for the Moon (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dalziel and Pascoe Hunt the Christmas Killer (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Joe Sixsmith Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Blood Sympathy (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Born Guilty (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Killing the Lawyers (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Singing the Sadness (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Roar of the Butterflies (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Proxime Accessit (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Candle for Christmas (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Captain Fantom Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Captain Fantom (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Forging of Fantom (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Castle of the Demon / The Turning of the Tide (As: Patrick Ruell) (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Fairly Dangerous Thing (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Red Christmas (As: Patrick Ruell) (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Matlock's System / Heart Clock (As: Dick Morland) (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Very Good Hater (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Albion! Albion! / Singleton's Law (As: Dick Morland) (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Low Road / Death Takes the Low Road (As: Patrick Ruell) (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Urn Burial / Beyond the Bone (As: Patrick Ruell) (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Another Death in Venice (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Spy's Wife (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Who Guards a Prince? / Guardians of the Prince (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Traitor's Blood (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Man's Land (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fell of Dark (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death of a Dormouse (As: Patrick Ruell) (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Collaborators (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Long Kill (As: Patrick Ruell) (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dream of Darkness (As: Patrick Ruell) (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Only Game (As: Patrick Ruell) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Stranger House (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Woodcutter (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brother's Keeper (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Candle for Christmas & Other Stories (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Crime Writers (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
2nd Culprit (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thou Shalt Not Kill (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Detection Collection (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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