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The CWA Gold Dagger Awards have been around for more than half a century showcasing the best books to read but how many of these award winning crime novels are you actually familiar with let alone have read? Well if you are anything like me you would have read a smattering but perhaps not as many as you might expect from a list of top crime fiction. If you mostly read bestselling books then you may have read not so many at all. Take note not a James Patterson, John Grisham, Lee Child, Kathy Reichs or Elizabeth George novel anywhere to be seen. There are authors on this honours roll I simply haven't heard of. How is it that a crime novelist can win an award of this magnitude and still manage to drift off into obscurity one may ask? Between 1969 and 2005 there was also a Silver Dagger awarded to the runner up but unfortunately this was dropped from 2006 onwards. Twice the number of recipients didn't necessarily mean twice the amount of exposure in this case. The

Reginald Hill books in order Dalziel and Pascoe series complete list of crime novels. Reginald Hill wrote his acclaimed Dalziel and Pascoe crime series over a span of more than 40 years. With 24 Dalziel and Pascoe novels to his credit Reginald Hill established himself as one of Britain's leading crime writers. Sadly Reginald Hill passed away in 2012 so there will be no more Dalziel and Pascoe books written. The unlikely pairing of Hill's main characters - the fat and fierce Superintendent Andy Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his university educated sidekick Peter Pascoe makes for entertaining reading. Over the years the duo have developed a strong and affectionate partnership despite their differences in world view. Along with the gay Sergeant Wield the team solve many a crime in Yorkshire. Reginald Hill The Dalziel and Pascoe novels are not only an enjoyable read but also thought provoking. In his books Reginald Hill explores contemporary issues as wide ranging as