Death of a Dormouse - Softcover

Hill, Reginald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0586205462 ISBN 13: 9780586205464

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1999

Synopsis

‘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.

About this title

Review:

‘The plot is splendidly intricate and involving’
Sunday Times

‘The most varied, clever and enjoyable crime writer we have’
Sunday Telegraph

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

From the Back Cover:

When policemen remove their hats, they do not bring good news. The bare-headed policemen 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 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 very survival...

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

“Read him”
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS

FIRST PUBLISHED AS A PATRICK RUELL NOVEL

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0586205462
• ISBN 13: 9780586205464
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 368