Reginald Hill’s erstwhile DetectivesDalziel and Pascoe.
Originally published by L.S. Media. January 15th 2012.
Reginald Hill, one of Britain’s most successful and finest crime writers of the last 40 years passed away on the 12thJanuary. The creator of the much televised detective series Dalziel and Pascoe novels died aged 75 after suffering from a brain tumour.
Reginald Hill was born in West Hartlepool in 1936 to a “very ordinary family”. The son of a professional footballer, he discovered the world of literature whilst fetching books for his mother from the local library. After passing his Eleven Plus exam he attended Carlisle Grammar School where true to those days of carrying his mother’s books, he excelled in English.