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Pictures of Perfection
Reginald Hill
For suspense, ingenuity and sheer comic effrontery this takes the absolute, appetizing biscuit’ Sunday TimesHigh in the Mid-Yorkshire Dales stands the traditional village of Enscombe, seemingly untouched by the modern world. But contemporary life is about to intrude when the disappearance of a policeman brings Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel and DCI Peter Pascoe to its doors.As the detectives dig beneath the veneer of idyllic village life a new pattern emerges: of family feuds, ancient injuries, cheating and lies. And finally, as the community gathers for the traditional Squire’s Reckoning, it looks as if the simmering tensions will erupt in a bloody climax…
REGINALD HILL
PICTURES OF PERFECTION
A Dalziel and Pascoe novel
Pictures of perfection as you know make me sick and wicked
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CONTENTS
Cover (#u39da09fb-c285-5a75-8aca-98aa6d619817)
Title Page (#u4c23840d-297f-51da-9db4-d99281278e2d)
Copyright (#u24d7a756-c081-5448-81fb-95dbb7eab915)
Dedication (#u574e92d9-e9c3-5bd3-a0a3-de706e860141)
Author’s Note (#u1be9a8df-3a34-587c-a2ec-29daeac6f360)
Volume the first (#u9f494239-a03d-584e-bcc2-0a71bb800bdc)
Prologue Being an Extract from the Draft of an Uncompleted History of Enscombe Parish by the Reverend Charles Fabian Cage, D.D. (Deceased) (#uf67c776c-dc52-5f9c-ab7c-645a1925e53c)
Chapter One (#u1ba3b8fc-ddd0-5d82-a94c-21540d4a575b)
Chapter Two (#ub2eca86a-6fd8-50ef-9668-95bc482e4808)
Chapter Three (#u73c9f8f2-610b-5ac0-8cfb-b5499f8d6ea0)
Chapter Four (#u608e6951-242e-55b9-afb6-647924d9f655)
Volume the second (#uf897652c-5b6c-5115-a9e0-d4ae7bac7f71)
Prologue Being Extracts from the Journal of Frances Guillemard (#u92d27818-928e-5d70-ad40-033b4a89b42e)
Chapter One (#ue56e0fa6-788d-53f3-a08f-a35ef77baf70)
Chapter Two (#u795f04f3-84cd-5847-a20c-6ac5d55ded84)
Chapter Three (#u4aaf7063-4029-5be4-9695-894c9cf4c457)
Chapter Four (#u6f96653b-ed5b-53b9-b1d3-f980bf215e16)
Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Volume the third (#litres_trial_promo)
Prologue Being an Extract from the Journal of Ralph Digweed Esq. (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Volume the fourth (#litres_trial_promo)
Prologue Being an Extract from the Journal of Frances Harding (neé Guillemard) (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Volume the fifth (#litres_trial_promo)
Prologue Being an Extract from the Draft of an Uncompleted History of Enscombe Parish by the Reverend Charles Fabian Cage, D.D. (Deceased) (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
By Reginald Hill (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
AUTHOR’S NOTE (#ulink_b91e9a4e-ce19-5530-a78f-0e527eae4b19)
the epigraph and all the chapter headings are taken from Jane Austen’s letters.
