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This story about a serial killer in Yorkshire, England is themed on words and their meanings in the English Language, and sometimes in other languages, such as Latin, Hebrew and German. In fact, the whole story revolves around a fictional word game called “Paronomania,” which is itself a play on a real word: “paronomasia, (noun) the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humour or a dual meaning; punning.” The title comes from the fact that the killer submits a short essay, or “dialogue,” to the local library after each murder, and words play such an important part in the murderer’s dialogues that he or she has become known to the police and press as “Wordman.”

This is a well-crafted story. The author clearly had his tongue in his cheek while writing this book. One of the primary suspects in the story, for example, has the initials “OED,” which, coincidently, is the shortcut manner of referring to the Oxford English Dictionary -- the authoritative reference on words of the English language. Hill also has filled his book with obscure and little-used words taken from that dictionary – dozens of them, in fact. I bet he got a kick out of forcing his readers to look up so many obscure words, especially if they had to use the OED to find them.

You will probably change your opinion as to the identity of the killer several times as the story progresses – I know I did. Then, after each suspect becomes a victim, we are left wondering. A new member of the Mid-Yorkshire CID is more fully introduced in this story: Detective Constable Ethelbert “Hat” Bowler, who falls madly in love with a lady librarian who is at the center of the story.

With his usual aplomb, Mr. Hill hands his readers a surprise at the ending of the story, where he ties up all loose ends and surprises most of us. I liked the story, and award it five stars. This book will make more sense to you if you are already familiar with the characters, but if you have never read a Dalziel and Pascoe novel, don’t be afraid to start with this one. It is one of the author’s best works.


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Dialogues of the Dead Reginald Hill 9780060528096 Books Reviews

I have enjoyed several other Dalziel & Pascoe mysteries, but this one seemed to just drag on and on, and got downright boring. I had a pretty good idea early on who the culprit was, and lost interest in finding out the particulars. Cutting it in half would have helped -- nearly 400 pages is a chore. Not one of his best, sorry to say.
excellent
There isn't much I can add to reviews posted by those who love Reginald Hill and especially Dalziel and Pascoe, but who were disappointed by this book. Without giving anything away, I was very engaged for a good part of it but finally grew tired of the intricacies of the words and symbols; I laughed out loud all the way through as I have with previous Hill books; and I guessed who the murderer probably was well before the ending - not because of motive or character which even by the end I thought were lacking, but because it was inevitable from the whole set-up. On the whole the complexity of the book was undermined by several red herrings and by weak links among the features of the plot (poetry, literary history, personal history of characters and the relationships among them, Biblical references, causes of death, wordplays, possible motives, etc.).
Nicely done mystery. Into the last chapters before I felt I understood the motives and the real killer. Wonderful read.
Having not missed a Reginald Hill Dalziel/Pascal series since nearly their inception I eagerly look forward to the next one. This is definitely worth the wait. Hill's characters are so well drawn and the suspense is so tangible that I am hanging on every page. The introduction of a new character in the police force and his perspective and actions are so "right on" that together with Pascal's obsessions and Dalziels crusty "humor" this tale may come off as one of the best. If you like PD James, Hill tops her in my opinion and Rendell can't hold a candle to Hill.
You must read Hill carefully, to see what he is up to with each novel. Be aware that the next one in the series, Death's Jest-Book is a sequel.

It is a shame that this book is out of print, no audio book, no kindle. I had to buy a used copy; not that I mind so much, but they sometimes arrive covered in old food. I worry that Hill will be forgotten, as he is not a household name, but his exquisite, humorous, and intelligent writing must live on.
This is a really ingenious little book that could drive you completely mad with its literary utterances if you didn't have the fabulous Dalziel and Pascoe to break things up a bit. I can't help but secretly suspect that Reginald Hill has been holding himself in check all these years and finally couldn't help but explode in words, word games, and "dialogues" so that we might appreciate what a fabulously literary sort he is. And he clearly is. For the truly literate amongst us, this book alone will do, but I needed a thesaurus and a really good encyclopedic dictionary to get through this. And yet, this is not a complaint! It was a good read, a fabulous twisty ending, and I learned a whole big bunch from this read ("whole big bunch" is almost certainly NOT in Hill's vocabulary!). For the true Dalziel and Pascoe afficionado, I recommend going back nearly 30 years and starting their series from the beginning. Hill's writing grows with the series and the characters, but they are fun from beginning...
This story about a serial killer in Yorkshire, England is themed on words and their meanings in the English Language, and sometimes in other languages, such as Latin, Hebrew and German. In fact, the whole story revolves around a fictional word game called “Paronomania,” which is itself a play on a real word “paronomasia, (noun) the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humour or a dual meaning; punning.” The title comes from the fact that the killer submits a short essay, or “dialogue,” to the local library after each murder, and words play such an important part in the murderer’s dialogues that he or she has become known to the police and press as “Wordman.”

This is a well-crafted story. The author clearly had his tongue in his cheek while writing this book. One of the primary suspects in the story, for example, has the initials “OED,” which, coincidently, is the shortcut manner of referring to the Oxford English Dictionary -- the authoritative reference on words of the English language. Hill also has filled his book with obscure and little-used words taken from that dictionary – dozens of them, in fact. I bet he got a kick out of forcing his readers to look up so many obscure words, especially if they had to use the OED to find them.

You will probably change your opinion as to the identity of the killer several times as the story progresses – I know I did. Then, after each suspect becomes a victim, we are left wondering. A new member of the Mid-Yorkshire CID is more fully introduced in this story Detective Constable Ethelbert “Hat” Bowler, who falls madly in love with a lady librarian who is at the center of the story.

With his usual aplomb, Mr. Hill hands his readers a surprise at the ending of the story, where he ties up all loose ends and surprises most of us. I liked the story, and award it five stars. This book will make more sense to you if you are already familiar with the characters, but if you have never read a Dalziel and Pascoe novel, don’t be afraid to start with this one. It is one of the author’s best works.