Ruling Passion

Ruling Passion is a 1973 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the third novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series. The novel opens with Detective Peter Pascoe arriving at what should have been a reunion of old friends. Instead he walks in on the scene of a grisly triple-murder. To solve the crime, Pascoe needs both his superior officer, Andy Dalziel and his romantic partner—and Dalziel's feminist antagonist—Elli.^[1]

Ruling Passion

First edition
Author	Reginald Hill
Language	English
Series	Dalziel and Pascoe series, #3
Genre	crime novel
Publisher	Collins Crime Club
Publication date	April 1973
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	255p.
ISBN	0-00-231710-9
OCLC	746618
Dewey Decimal	823/.9/14
LC Class	PZ4.H64856 Ru PR6058.I448
Preceded by	An Advancement of Learning
Followed by	An April Shroud

Publication history

• 1973, London: Collins Crime Club ISBN 0-00-231710-9, Pub date April 1973, Hardback
• 1987, London: Harper Collins ISBN 0-586-07260-8^[2]
• 2008, New York: Felony & Mayhem Press ISBN 978-1-934609-17-0, Pub date September 2008.