An April Shroud

An April Shroud
Reginald Hill

Superintendent Dalziel falls for the recently bereaved Mrs Fielding’s ample charms, and has to be rescued from a litter of fresh corpses by Inspector Pascoe.Superintendent Andy Dalziel’s holiday runs into trouble when he gets marooned by flood water. Rescued and taken to nearby Lake House, he discovers all is not well: the owner has just died tragically and the family fortunes are in decline. He also finds himself drawn to attractive widow, Bonnie Fielding.But several more deaths are to follow. And by the time Pascoe gets involved, it looks like the normally hard-headed Dalziel might have compromised himself beyond redemption.

REGINALD HILL

AN APRIL SHROUD

A Dalziel and Pascoe novel

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

Cover (#ude8241a6-cee5-583a-9989-3d4ecba6c888)

Title Page (#u855f4192-d98f-5f1e-8452-0979a3acb62b)

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Epigraph (#u701efc9f-5e7b-55f1-bdb7-96546806b61a)

1 (#ub891dc32-7720-57a7-bb59-9750a3ebf986)Epithalamium (#ub891dc32-7720-57a7-bb59-9750a3ebf986)

2 (#u8608f254-7087-59f6-b5fe-b696980f3493)A Bridge to Nowhere (#u8608f254-7087-59f6-b5fe-b696980f3493)

3 (#u2db3f4e3-343a-5469-8ab9-18726cabf601)A Nourishing Broth (#u2db3f4e3-343a-5469-8ab9-18726cabf601)

4 (#u2b85a451-268a-54cd-874b-631a0382ea2c)Premises, Premises (#u2b85a451-268a-54cd-874b-631a0382ea2c)

5 (#ub8bc3f8e-9e42-58a0-870c-7f57c4d41925)A Pleasant Surprise (#ub8bc3f8e-9e42-58a0-870c-7f57c4d41925)

6 (#litres_trial_promo)A Step into Summer (#litres_trial_promo)

7 (#litres_trial_promo)A Fried Egg Sandwich (#litres_trial_promo)

8 (#litres_trial_promo)Family History (#litres_trial_promo)

9 (#litres_trial_promo)The Setting of Riddles (#litres_trial_promo)

10 (#litres_trial_promo)The Presentation of Awards (#litres_trial_promo)

11 (#litres_trial_promo)Hello Sailor (#litres_trial_promo)

12 (#litres_trial_promo)A View in the Morning (#litres_trial_promo)

13 (#litres_trial_promo)An Intimate Deodorant (#litres_trial_promo)

14 (#litres_trial_promo)When We Dead Awake (#litres_trial_promo)

15 (#litres_trial_promo)Pictures of Innocence (#litres_trial_promo)

16 (#litres_trial_promo)Dead Ducks (#litres_trial_promo)

17 (#litres_trial_promo)Opening Night (#litres_trial_promo)

18 (#litres_trial_promo)The Last Days of Pompeii (#litres_trial_promo)

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About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

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Epigraph (#ufbcbd44d-a8be-5f87-9809-16b5167cc8fa)

… the melancholy fit shall fall

Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud

That fosters the droop-headed flowers all