Death of a Dormouse [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Reginald Hill (Author), Di Langford (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2009

'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder' Sunday Telegraph 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? Were 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...

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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'Read him' -- London Review of Books --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

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 novel's best hope' and twenty years on he has more than fulfilled that prophecy. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Isis Audio; Unabridged edition (January 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753139170
• ISBN-13: 978-0753139172
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Reginald Hill has been widely published both in England and the United States. He received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger for his Dalziel/Pascoe series. He lives with his wife in Cumbria, England.

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Early Gem from Reginald Hill, January 21, 2008

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Blue in Washington "Barry Ballow" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death of a Dormouse (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Paperback)

"Death of a Dormouse" is one of the Reginald Hill early mysteries now being reprinted in the "Felony and Mayhem Mysteries." This book is intricately and convincingly plotted and definitely falls into the "page-turner" category. It's hard to put down. Unlike Hill's later books that feature a detective team, "Death of a Dormouse" is the story of a timid and passive woman seriously wronged by her dead husband who has to peel back her twenty year marital relationship in order to reinvent herself and get on with life. The peeling back proves to be extremely dangerous and one unlikely discovery after another about her husband's business and extra-marital activities threaten to violently end her life. The evolution of the heroine into a resourceful and cunning player is as interesting as the extraordinary plot line.
This is an excellent read, particularly if you have NOT already read "The Spy's Wife," to which "Death of a Dormouse" owes some of its theme.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read., November 28, 2007

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Clifford Sayre (Kennett Square, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death of a Dormouse (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Paperback)

I am a fan of Hill's. This is a great read if you like his work, particularly his characterizations. It is one of the few crime novels that I have kept to reread. The only drawback is that you keep wanting to race ahead to outguess him and this detracts from enjoying the journey. I highly recommend it.

An added bonus is the very nice Felony & Mayhem presentation.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transformation, July 16, 2008

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This review is from: Death of a Dormouse (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Paperback)

A very good psychological suspense wherein a woman goes from "dormouse" that is totally subdued to a fighter: for her rights and for a life as she wants to live it. Reginald Hill is one of the best English mystery writers and he shows his stuff here. This work reminds me of Rendell in one of her good psychological mysteries and he is as competant as she is in showing "what makes people tick".