Death Comes for the Fat Man (Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries)

419 Pages·2008·1.08 MB·English

by  Reginald Hill

DEATH

C MES

for the
FAT MAN

REGINALD HILL
For the peacemakers—whichever god’s children they are —
What, old acquaintance? Could not all this fl esh
Keep in a little life? Poor Jack, farewell . . .
Death hath not struck so fat a deer today.
—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE,
I HENRY IV, ACT 5, SCENE 4
A Knight of the Temple who kills an evil man
should not be condemned for killing the man
but praised for killing the evil.
—ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX,
LIBER AD MILITES TEMPLI

Contents
Epigraph iii
PART ONE 1
1 MILL STREET 3
2 TWO MUTTON PASTIES AND AN ALMOND SLICE 4
3 INTIMATIONS 16
4 DUST AND ASHES 19
5 THE TWO GEOFFREYS 23
6 BLUE SMARTIE 27
7 DANCING WITH DEATH 35
8 BLAME 38
PART TWO 45
1 A TIDY DESK 46
2 SHOW BUSINESS 56
3 WALKING THE DOG 60
4 DEAD MEN DON’T FART! 69
5 AGE OF WONDERS 71
PART THREE 79
1 LUBYANKA 80
2 A PALE HORSE 90
3 KAFFEE-KLATSCH 93
4 BURGLARY 101
5 ALL THE WAY HOME 113
6 AN URBAN FOX 114
7 SAURON’S EYE 117
8 NOW IT’S SAFE 124
PART FOUR 129
1 THE SHOCK OF RECOGNITION 130
2 RULE FIVE 132
3 HECTORING 140
4 TROY 150
5 FIDDLE-DE-DEE 154
6 KILDA 163
7 IN THE MOOD 174
8 WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR 176
9 THE DECISIVE MOMENT 184
10 QUEEN OF THE FETE 188
11 FORGOTTEN DREAMS 195
12 THE MAN OF MY DREAMS 198
13 NO CHANGE 207
14 THE TANGLE O’ THE ISLES 212
15 A SHOT IN THE DARK 215
16 THE WORD OF AN ENGLISHMAN 227
PART FIVE 237
1 A FREE LUNCH 238
2 PROMOTION 249
3 MELODIOUS TWANG 255
4 RED MITE AND GREENFLY 260
5 NO-NAME 268
6 WAKE-UP CALL 277
7 SAFE HOUSE 281
8 TO THE CASTLE 288
9 ARMOR 293
10 MOTHER LOVE 300
11 A CHANGE OF DIRECTION 303
12 PRISON 306
13 GIRLS AND BOYS 309
14 A WEE DEOCH AN DORIS 320
15 A CALL IN THE NIGHT 324
16 THE FULL ENGLISH 329
17 ONE LAST DECISION 335
PART SIX 337
1 THE VERY WORST 339
2 WHEEL OF FIRE 344
3 SINGLES 356
4 SNAPSHOTS 361
5 WEDDING GIFTS 371
6 HI-YO, SILVER! 374
7 GATECRASHERS 378
8 IT IS WRITTEN 381
PART SEVEN 387
1 THE END 388
2 REALLY THE END 400
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