- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: UK General Books; First THUS edition (Jan 27 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0006499023
- ISBN-13: 978-0006499022
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,350,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday 'Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction' Observer 'This is high-speed pantomine! with plenty of sly dialogue to spice the action' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday (of Singing the Sadness)
Book Description
Joe Sixsmith is going west. But only as far as Wales where they keep a welcome in the hillside and the Boyling Corner Choir has been invited to the Llanffugiol Choral Festival. Trouble is, no one seems to have heard of Llanffugiol, and all they find on the hillside is a burning house with a mysterious woman trapped inside. Soon Joe is surrounded by a whole bevy of suspicious characters, not to mention the kind of criminous confusion that turns into utter chaos when confronted with the famous Sixsmith detection technique. Joe is no quitter, though. Doggedly, aided by little more than that instinct for truth which is his unique talent, he moves forward over the space of a single weekend to uncover crimes which have been buried for years.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fully entertaining and satisfyhing mystery., Jan 22 2001
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Singing the sadness (Paperback)
Private investigator Joe Sixsmith is in the Welsh town of Llanffugiol to take part of a church choir festival in Reginald Hill's Singing The Sadness. When a local cottage catches fire, Joe rushes in to rescue a young woman. Hailed as a hero, Joe considers the unanswered questions of how the fire started and the mysterious woman's identity. No less than three different people hire Joe to discover the answer to that questions -- but the answer could shatter this small Welsh village. Singing The Sadness is a superbly written, carefully constructed mystery that will fully entertain and satisfy fans of the mystery genre.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very well written, entertaining, but..., May 24 2001
By Carol Mangis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Singing the sadness (Paperback)
Reginald Hill is a superb writer with an original, witty, poetic style that grows on you in a big way. I've enjoyed everything I've read by him, which till this book has been just the Dalziel/Pascoe mysteries. I'm happy that Hill has a new character, Joe Sixsmith, who's charming and likeable. But unfortunately, the slight whiff of a possibility of a stereotype kept me from total enjoyment. As a black character, does Joe have to be such a happy-go-lucky, act- and speak-before-you-think kind of guy? I hope I'm wrong and that I'm just being overly PC. At any rate, I'm looking forward to more from this writer.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as D&P, but still enjoyable., Mar 7 2002
By RachelWalker "RachelW" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Singing the sadness (Paperback)
Joe Sixsmith novels aren't quite as good as his Dalziel and Pascoe ones, but they are still very enjoyable. There are much more overtly humorous than his other series, and at times that is refreshing. they are nice light reads. They don't take themselves very seriously. sometimes, this is great, but sometimes it doesn't work so well...
the plots are nicely complex and Joe is a really likeable character. I would reccomend them, but peppered with Dazliel And Pascoe.
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