Death of a Dormouse

Death of a Dormouse
Reginald Hill

‘So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder’ Sunday TelegraphThe 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.

REGINALD HILL

DEATH OF A DORMOUSE

Copyright (#ulink_f659f5d4-e75f-5b02-9f86-b8212da680ad)

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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First published in Great Britain by

Methuen London Ltd 1987

under the author’s psuedonym Patrick Ruell

Copyright © Patrick Ruell 1987

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Dedication (#ulink_b78a6d31-d2fa-5c60-9bf2-3eecfaae0ca0)

This one for Billy and Choc – who else?

Contents

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Title Page (#ued37df45-b1a1-5b74-aaa0-998d01654880)

Copyright

Dedication (#ulink_e6a5c934-be61-5e3a-84dd-1a26119ae65a)

Epigraph (#ulink_2cbd4192-61ce-53a3-a91c-8050fd59d956)

Prologue (#ulink_764ea6de-75d3-5517-99f3-b9b07032c4dd)

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Part Two

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Part Three

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Part Four

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Part Five