A Candle for Christmas & Other Stories

Reginald Hill, Mick Herron

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HarperCollins
06 March 2024

Anthologies (non-poetry); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Classic crime; Historical mysteries

A fantastic mystery short story collection, the perfect Christmas gift for crime fiction lovers

A beloved detective dies in a fire

Sherlock Holmes takes a trip to Italy

A disastrous case of mistaken identity

From his well-loved detective duo, DCI Dalziel and DI Pascoe to his own reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, Reginald Hill’s unforgettable characters and unique blend of humour and suspense make him one of Britain’s greatest crime writers. Complete with a foreword by Mick Herron, this collection of short stories showcases the very best of this iconic mystery writer.

By: Reginald Hill
Foreword by: Mick Herron
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9780008430061
ISBN 10: 0008430063
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 06 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as ‘the crime novel’s best hope’ and thirty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.

Reviews for A Candle for Christmas & Other Stories

Praise for Reginald Hill ‘Fast paced and packed with the Yorkshire duo’s trademark humour’ Daily Mirror ‘These stories will make a perfect Christmas present for mystery fiction aficionados’ Guardian 'Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction' Observer 'Few writers in the genre today have Hill's gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace' Donna Leon, Sunday Times 'Reginald Hill's novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories intertwining' Ian Rankin