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[tree_and_leaf]

Very sad to hear that Reginald Hill has died. Although I didn't talk about them much here, I absolutely loved Dalziel and Pascoe and the rest of the Mid-Yorks crew. Such good detective stories - gripping, well-written, with utterly believable characters, and the ability to explore very dark things without losing a sense of humour - which is, after all, one of the ways of coping with the darkness.

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[kindkit]

Oh, god, I hadn't heard. I'd been half-expecting it for years, dreading it, because he's not a young man, but . . . oh god. *whimpers*

[tree_and_leaf]

Yes, I thought of you when I saw the obit in the Guardian. I believe he'd more or less finished one more book, but it's still very sad news.