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His attitude to physical clues was rather like that of the modern Christian to miracles. They could happen, but probably not just at the moment.

Reginald Hill

His attitude to physical clues was rather like that of the modern Christian to miracles. They could happen, but probably not just at the moment.

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Buses and trains both set you thinking, but not in the same way. Trains give you a rhythm, sent you into dreams, cut you off from reality. Buses were always stopping and starting; traffic, road-juncti...

Reginald Hill

Buses and trains both set you thinking, but not in the same way. Trains give you a rhythm, sent you into dreams, cut you off from reality. Buses were always stopping and starting; traffic, road-juncti...

About Author
Reginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 1936 – 12 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He was inducted into the prestigious Detection Club in 1978.

For the first time, she felt she’d laid a glove on Doll Trapp. ‘Well, you really are full of surprises,’ she said. ‘Interesting theory. I’d be careful who you share it with. Now, where was I?’ That

Reginald Hill

For the first time, she felt she’d laid a glove on Doll Trapp. ‘Well, you really are full of surprises,’ she said. ‘Interesting theory. I’d be careful who you share it with. Now, where was I?’ That

He was full of the glossy self-regard of men who shrugged off their importance in a way that only emphasized it.

Reginald Hill

He was full of the glossy self-regard of men who shrugged off their importance in a way that only emphasized it.

Hope is a black beetle. Stamp on it hard as you liked, it still scuttled on

Reginald Hill

Hope is a black beetle. Stamp on it hard as you liked, it still scuttled on

Meticulousness is the better part of serendipity.

Reginald Hill

Meticulousness is the better part of serendipity.

Middlefield.

Reginald Hill

Middlefield.

Or an amicable pair, said Sam. Sorry? In math, that’s what we call two numbers each of which is equal to the sum of the divisors of the other. The smallest ones, 220 and 284, were regarded by the Pyth...

Reginald Hill

Or an amicable pair, said Sam. Sorry? In math, that’s what we call two numbers each of which is equal to the sum of the divisors of the other. The smallest ones, 220 and 284, were regarded by the Pyth...

Sorry? said Dalziel turning. What's that you said?He cupped a large hand to a proportionally large ear.If the buggers get clever, he had once told Pascoe, pretend you can't hear. Then pretend you can'...

Reginald Hill

Sorry? said Dalziel turning. What's that you said?He cupped a large hand to a proportionally large ear.If the buggers get clever, he had once told Pascoe, pretend you can't hear. Then pretend you can'...

The pain of ignorance can end. The pain of knowledge is forever

Reginald Hill

The pain of ignorance can end. The pain of knowledge is forever

Twelve strangers, he interrupted, twelve citizens picked off the street. In this world we're unfortunate to live in, and especially in this septic isle we live on,where squalid politicians conspire wi...

Reginald Hill

Twelve strangers, he interrupted, twelve citizens picked off the street. In this world we're unfortunate to live in, and especially in this septic isle we live on,where squalid politicians conspire wi...

A politician's capacity to ignore contradictory evidence

Reginald Hill

A politician's capacity to ignore contradictory evidence

Tyro psychiatrist who provided the topic for a great deal of their conversation.

Reginald Hill

Tyro psychiatrist who provided the topic for a great deal of their conversation.