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REGINALD HILL
ASKING FOR THE MOON
A Dalziel and Pascoe Collection
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
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TO YOU
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CONTENTS
1 The Last National Service Man
Foreword to the Foreword to One Small Step
Foreword to the Original Edition, Published in 1990
‘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