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He tried to step inside but she blocked the way.

  ‘Why don’t you fetch Mrs Stanton inside?’ she said, meeting his gaze without blinking till he turned and went down the drive.

  As he walked away, the church clock began to sound the quarters.

  She went back into the lounge, picking up the shotgun en route.

  After a little thought she sat on the armchair opposite the sofa, placing the gun between her thigh and the side of the chair and covering it with a cushion.

  A few moments later she heard low voices in the hall.

  ‘In here,’ she called.

  As they came into the room, she heard the church clock striking the twelve notes of noon.

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  Reginald Hill, who died in 2012, was a native of Cumbria and former resident of Yorkshire, the setting for his novels featuring detectives Andy Dalziel and Peter Pascoe. Their appearances won him numerous awards including a CWA Gold Dagger, the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award. The Dalziel and Pascoe novels have also been adapted into a hugely popular BBC TV series.

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