Reginald Hill, who has been called the best living crime writer in the English speaking world(The Independent, London), returns with his newest, the 23rd police procedural featuring his heroes, Dalziel and Pascoe, called The Price of Butcher's Meat. Dalziel, recovering from a bomb is on vacation in a seaside resort filled with strange characters and naturally a murder occurs.
Hill's Yorkshire police are some of the finest fictional characters ever developed. His detailed plotting, his excellent insight into the darkness of the human condition, always with humor, has influenced a whole generation of crime writers. This series has also been turned into an excellent tv series. Anyone who is a fan of crime fiction will love these books.