Blood Sympathy

Blood Sympathy
Reginald Hill

‘Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction’ ObserverPI can mean many things, but can it really mean a balding, middle-aged lathe operator from a high rise in Luton? Joe Sixsmith thinks it can.His Aunt Mirabelle thinks you’d have to be crazy to hire him, and Joe’s current clients certainly fit the bill. One’s confessing to the brutal murder of his whole family; another thinks she’s a witch. Next to them, the two heavies who believe Joe is hiding their illicit drugs seem almost normal.As Joe stumbles his way through bodies, gangsters and hostile police officers, he is protected by a combination of sheer luck and the help of a new lady friend. And soon it seems like he might just surpass everyone’s expectations…

REGINALD HILL

BLOOD SYMPATHY

A Joe Sixsmith novel

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1993

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CONTENTS

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Title Page (#u8830dc65-a1b2-52e4-9886-6af127d674ff)

Copyright (#u2de065f2-1635-583a-8f65-88e7a5184574)

Author’s Note (#u73c0ebf0-c647-51c9-9dc1-a21fc9557345)

Chapter 1 (#udcdbaa16-e4b9-5306-b311-ebfef15357c2)

Chapter 2 (#u20ed58a9-0cfa-568f-bcde-f171bb384ad2)

Chapter 3 (#u17ed178e-d9c3-5c59-982a-e5ecf4f3593e)

Chapter 4 (#ue3de4cd7-e8be-5bf6-8410-42c6ce9ca939)

Chapter 5 (#u9334d337-33e3-5d26-bc78-9d545345cb78)

Chapter 6 (#ucfcefcc0-5122-5736-835a-bb49471a88a0)

Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About Reginald Hill (#litres_trial_promo)

By Reginald Hill (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

AUTHOR’S NOTE (#ulink_150e9c46-3573-5d91-8801-45b770e1e25f)