Reginald Hill (1936-2012) was an English novelist of crime fiction. He is best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe series, set in Yorkshire. His novels used interesting structures, such as telling the story out of chronological order. In 1995, Reginald received the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. Hill passed away in January 2012 from a brain tumour.

Reginald Hill made his fiction debut in 1970 with A Clubbable Woman, the beginning of his Dalziel and Pascoe series. Below is a list of Reginald Hill’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Books

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

Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Collections

Pascoe's Ghost (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Asking for the Moon (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dalziel and Pascoe Hunt the Christmas Killer (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Joe Sixsmith Books

Blood Sympathy (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Born Guilty (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killing the Lawyers (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Singing the Sadness (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Roar of the Butterflies (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Captain Fantom Books

(as Charles Underhill)

Captain Fantom (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Forging of Fantom (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Forging of Fantom is a prequel.

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

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

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Proxime Accessit (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Candle for Christmas (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brother's Keeper (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Crime Writers(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who...(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
2nd Culprit(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thou Shalt Not Kill(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Detection Collection(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Death Comes for the Fat Man is also known as The Death of Dalziel. A Cure For All Diseases is alternatively titled The Price of Butcher’s Meat. Heart Clock was also published as Matlock’s System. Albion! Albion! is also titled Singleton’s Law. The Castle of the Demon was also published as The Turning of the Tide. Urn Burial was also published as Beyond the Bone.

Heart Clock and Albion! Albion! were written under the pen name of Dick Morland. Captain Fantom was written under the pen name of Charles Underhill. The Castle of the Demon, Red Christmas, Death Takes the Low Road, Urn Burial, The Long Kill, Death of a Dormouse, Dream of Darkness and The Only Game were originally published under the pseudonym of Patrick Ruell.

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  1. Mongoose218: 8 years ago

    REALLY a good writer….his Dalziel / Pascoe series is a police procedural series set in England….it ties in friends and family, and other events besides “just” murders……the series grows and develops as time passes.

    Can’t recommend it highly enough! Very funny at points, heartbreaking at others! Unfortunately Kindle has ONLY three of the Dalziel/ Pascoe series on Kindle (the books are all available on Amazon) which is just criminal considering some of the trash that IS on Kindle!

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