Reginald Hill

Asking for the Moon: A Collection of Dalziel and Pascoe Stories


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      REGINALD HILL

      ASKING FOR THE MOON

      A Dalziel and Pascoe Collection

       COPYRIGHT

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

      The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entiely coincidental.

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      The Last National Service Man © 1994

      Pascoe’s Ghost © 1979

      Dalziel’s Ghost © 1979

      One Small Step © 1990

      Reginald Hill asserts the moral right to

      be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN 9780006479345

      Ebook Edition © JULY 2013 ISBN 9780007373994

      Version 2015-06-24

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      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Chapter IV

       Chapter V

       Chapter VI

       Chapter VII

       Chapter VIII

       Chapter IX

       Chapter X

       3 Dalziel’s Ghost

       4 One Small Step

       Foreword to the Foreword to One Small Step

       Foreword to the Original Edition, Published in 1990

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       About the Author

       Also by the Author

       About the Publisher

       THE LAST NATIONAL SERVICE MAN

      ‘I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date,’ sang Detective Constable Peter Pascoe.

      In moments of stress his mind still trawled through the movies in search of a proper reaction.

      ‘It’s an immature tic you may grow