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Splitting a main character into two parts that compliment and confound each other has worked well for mystery writers from Conan Doyle to Rex Stout (and for non-mystery writers such as Patrick O'Brian in his Aubrey/Maturin sea stories). Reginald Hill's unique contributions to this form are his books about two policemen in an unnamed city in Northern England, Detectives Dalziel (pronounced "Dee-al" in the TV version) and Pascoe. Both get to show off their strengths and shortcomings in this wonderfully macabre second book in the series; Dalziel's brawn and instinct meets Pascoe's intellect as the two investigate pornographic "snuff" films in which the actors really wind up dead.
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"First-rate entertainment."
--The Sunday Times (London)
"Mr. Hill refines his own talent to the highest levels of mystery fiction."
--Dallas Morning News
"Reginald Hill has raised the classical British mystery to new heights."
--The New York Times Book Review
A Pinch of Snuff
A Pinch of Snuff,Reginald Hill,Dell,0440169127,Fiction,Fiction - Mystery/ Detective,Mystery & Detective - General,Mystery & Detective - Traditional British,Mystery/Suspense,Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
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