“No one writes a more civilized British police procedural than Reginald Hill. His intricately constructed plots are studded with challenging puzzle components like coded messages and locked-room crime scenes.” — New York Times Book Review
“Hill, a graceful sylist, reveals only enough at a time to keep the reader hooked.” — Wall Street Journal
“Known for complex plotting, deep characterization and sly humor, Hill here adds to his string of brilliant psychological thrillers.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Brilliantly conceived and skillfully executed, Dialogues of the Dead is a duel of wits.” — Dallas Morning News
“Witty, sharp, and marvelously clever. . . .Hill never loses control of his material, and the suspense builds until the book’s brilliant, surprising last scenes.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Lethal fun. . . . filled with one surprise after another. Hill is never predictable. . . . The incredible ending of this book is unlike any other mystery I have read.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Dialogues of the Dead is a bridge that spans the classic English whodunnit and the dark heart of contemporary crime fiction, the serial killer novel….The fertility of Hill’s imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight.” — Val McDermid
“Reginald Hill delivers literate, complex, and immensely satisfying thrillers. Dialogues of the Dead is Hill at his best. . . . [with a] totally unexpected outcome in the final pages.” — Orlando Sentinel
“By turns convoluted and laugh-out-loud funny, Dialogues is a brilliant example of a crime novel icon at the top of his form.” — BookPage
“Filled with clever wordplay; complex, articulate suspects; and an intricate, suspenseful plot.” — Library Journal
