Death of a Dormouse

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So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder Sunday Telegraph
The balding policeman on Trudi Adamsons 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 theres a lot she didnt 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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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 Hills gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace
Sunday Times

Author Bio

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as the crime novels best hope and thirty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy.