Death of a Dormouse - Hardcover

Hill, Reginald

3.9

452 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002257661 ISBN 13: 9780002257664

Publisher: Collins Crime, 1999

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Reginald Hill is one of our leading crime writers – ‘So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder’ Sunday Telegraph

The balding policeman on Trudi Adamson’s doorstep brings the worst news possible: her husband Trent has been burned to death in a freak car accident.

Suddenly a widow after years of marriage, Trudi soon discovers there’s a lot she didn’t know about her late husband. Why did he resign from his job without telling her? And where is all his money?

As shock piles upon shock, Trudi is forced to re-examine her belief in Trent, and ultimately in herself. Compelled to leave the cosy nest of her old life, she is out in the open and fighting for her survival.

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Review:

‘The plot is splendidly intricate and involving’
Sunday Times (of Death of a Dormouse)

‘Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction’
Observer

‘Reginald Hill is one of the most invigorating and entertaining detective novelists writing at present’
TLS

From the Back Cover:

When policemen remove their hats, they do not bring good news. The bare-headed policeman on Trudi Adamson’s doorstep brought the worst news possible – her husband Trent has been burned to death in a freak car accident.

Suddenly a widow after years of marriage, Trudi finds herself alone, unprovided for and increasingly aware of her ignorance of her late husband’s world. Why had he resigned from his job without telling her? Where was all his money? And more terrifying still: is he really dead? As shock piles on shock, Trudi is forced to re-examine her belief in Trent, and ultimately in herself. Compelled to leave the cosy nest of her old life, she is out in the open and fighting for her very survival...

ACCLAIM FOR REGINALD HILL

“Few writers in the genre today have Hill’s gifts: a formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace”
DONNA LEON, 'Sunday Times'

“Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction”
TOM HINEY, 'Observer'

“Hill is first and foremost an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with aspontaneous storytelling gift”
FRANCES FYFIELD, 'Mail on Sunday'

“The real genius of Hill is his ability to weave several plots into a single brilliant pattern ... Reginald Hill’s novels are really dances to the music of time”
IAN RANKIN, 'Scotland on Sunday'

“Retire Morse and hire any deft whodunit by Reginald Hill”

BOYD TONKIN, 'Independent'

“The finest male contemporary crime writer. Compassionate, intelligent and entertaining”
VAL MCDERMID, 'Manchester Evening News'

“Read him”
JOHN LENNARD, 'London Review of Books'

FIRST PUBLISHED AS A PATRICK RUELL NOVEL

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