Death of a Dormouse - Softcover

Hill, Reginald

3.9

452 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933397608 ISBN 13: 9781933397603

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2006

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Trudi Adamson has lived her life in fear - of strangers, of asking questions, of angering her husband, of leaving the house. When her husband dies in a car accident, she retreats even further into her cocoon of ignorance and incuriosity. But staying there isn't an option; her husband apparently died broke, and Trudi's best hope lies in suing the company responsible for his death. And that means asking what her husband was doing on a remote stretch of Yorkshire road. Even the painful knowledge that a woman was involved only leads to larger, more baffling questions. Who was Eric Blair, and why did Trent Adamson have his credit cards? Why had Trent suddenly quit his job? By the time Trudi's done unraveling the truth, her cozy refuge will be in ruins, but the quivering dormouse, too, will be history. Splendidly intricate and involving, and done with panache and wit - The Times of London Fiendish strangers emerge from the past in a fast-paced plot full of invention - The Guardian (UK) Blen

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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 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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