The Woodcutter: A Novel
&#8220;Reginald Hill&#8230;turns a contemporary crime of greed into a timeless morality tale&#8230;.Hill&#8217;s storytelling is its own delight, a fun house of shifting timelines and multiple perspectives.&#8221; (New York Times Book ReviewonThe Woodcutter)&#8220;Evokes the spirit of storytellers from Dumas and Dickens to Jeffery Deaver and Jeffrey Archer.&#8221; (Wall Street JournalonThe Woodcutter)&#8220;Devilishly clever British crime writer&#8230;.A nifty plotter who switches points of view and locales often enough to keep the tension on the upswing.&#8221; (Chicago TribuneonThe Woodcutter)&#8220;Offers vivid characters, an intricately constructed but nimble narrative&#8230;and enough tasty crumbs of information to lure us deeper and deeper into a fairy tale that has gone horribly wrong.&#8221; (Richmond Times-DispatchonThe Woodcutter)&#8220;[A] tour de force.&#8221; (Peoplemagazine onThe Woodcutter)&#8220;Sly, enchanting&#8230;[with] strong characters that complement the fast-paced, unpredictable plot.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly(starred review))&#8216;There&#8217;s nothing drab about this dark and compelling novel.&#8221; (Kirkus ReviewsonThe Woodcutter)&#8220;He&#8217;s lost none of his sardonic wit, punch and complexity&#8230; The result is an epic, unbeatable mystery.&#8221; (Financial Times)&#8220;Another gem from the creator of Dalziel and Pascoe. Rich characterisation, sparkling dialogue and wry humour flavour the text. . . . Verdict: exquisite&#8221; (Herald Sun (Australia))&#8220;An outstanding novel of force and beauty.&#8221; (The Times (London))&#8220;There is something of the fairytale about The Woodcutter, a big, fat mystery which has the enduring power of a myth. . . . The heights of the Dalziel & Pascoe series aside, Hill has never written a better book.&#8221; (The Evening Standard (London))&#8220;Hill&#8217;s plotting&#8230;is brilliant, the jokes first-rate, the prose supple: it&#8217;s his humble awe at the power of the English language that enables him to be a minor master of it.&#8221; (Daily Telegraph (London))&#8220;A consummate yarn spinner, Hill draws on myth and metaphor to embroider this tightly crafted tale.&#8221; (The Age (Melbourne))&#8220;His storytelling is always bewitching, his turns of phrase wonderful. . . . The Woodcutter is as much literary as crime novel, but always a page turner.&#8221; (Keighley News (England))&#8220;Reginald Hill&#8217;s books are as good as crime fiction gets and this one is as good as he gets.&#8221; (Literary Review)&#8220;Hill combines an edgy tale of betrayal and revenge with the trappings of a modern-day fairy tale in this sly, enchanting stand-alone.&#8221; (Publishers Weekly)