Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Books
Dalziel and Pascoe is a series of crime fiction novels by English author Reginald Hill. The series’ protagonists are Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel and Detective Sergeant Peter Pascoe. The series is set in Yorkshire, England. Reginald breaks many traditions, including telling the story out of order and having Peter’s wife tell some of the story. The detectives do not always get the bad guy, which definitely adds to the unpredictability of the mysteries. The books were adapted to a BBC television series.
Reginald Hill began his Dalziel and Pascoe series in 1970 with Hill’s debut novel A Clubbable Woman. The series would last 24 novels (including novellas and short story collections), ending with Midnight Fugue in 2009. Below is a list of Reginald Hill’s Dalziel and Pascoe books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Books
A Clubbable Woman | (1970) | |
An Advancement of Learning | (1971) | |
Ruling Passion | (1973) | |
An April Shroud | (1975) | |
A Pinch of Snuff | (1978) | |
A Killing Kindness | (1980) | |
Deadheads | (1983) | |
Exit Lines | (1984) | |
Child’s Play | (1986) | |
Under World | (1988) | |
Bones and Silence | (1990) | |
One Small Step | (1990) | |
Recalled to Life | (1992) | |
Pictures of Perfection | (1994) | |
The Wood Beyond | (1995) | |
On Beulah Height | (1998) | |
Arms and the Women | (1999) | |
Dialogues of the Dead | (2001) | |
Death’s Jest-Book | (2002) | |
Good Morning, Midnight | (2004) | |
Death Comes for the Fat Man / The Death of Dalziel | (2007) | |
The Last National Service Man | (2007) | |
A Cure for All Diseases / The Price of Butcher’s Meat | (2008) | |
Midnight Fugue | (2009) | |
The Last National Service Man is a prequel novella. |
Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Collections
Pascoe’s Ghost | (1979) | |
Asking for the Moon | (1996) | |
Dalziel and Pascoe Hunt the Christmas Killer | (2022) |
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.