Dalziel and Pascoe book 9 · 1987
Child’s Play
A wealthy old woman leaves her fortune to her son, missing since the Second World War, and then a man claiming to be him appears.
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Book facts
- Author
- Reginald Hill
- Series
- Dalziel and Pascoe, book 9 of 22
- Published
- 1987
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Mid-Yorkshire, England
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- High
Child’s Play on screen
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007, series, BBC One). Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan star as the blunt Yorkshire superintendent and his university-educated inspector, beginning with the novels and moving on to original cases.
Who is in Child’s Play
4 recurring or key characters from Reginald Hill’s chart.
Lead 2
- Andy DalzielDetective Superintendent
- Peter PascoeDetective, later Chief Inspector
Major 1
- Edgar WieldDetective Sergeant
Minor and cameo 1
- Ellie PascoePascoe’s wife, a writer and activist
Also featuring these characters
Other Reginald Hill books that share the most characters with Child’s Play.
- Deadheads1983 · Dalziel and Pascoe · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Bones and Silence1990 · Dalziel and Pascoe · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Killing Kindness1980 · Dalziel and Pascoe · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Recalled to Life1992 · Dalziel and Pascoe · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon