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An April Shroud: A Dalziel and Pascoe Novel (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) (Paperback)

by Reginald Hill (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (5 Jan 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0586072616
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586072615
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 247,871 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Few writers in the genre today have Hill's gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace' Donna Leon, Sunday Times 'The finest male English contemporary crime writer' Val McDermid 'Reginald Hill's novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories intertwining' Ian Rankin 'One of Britain's most consistently excellent crime novelists' The Times 'These novels last, like a grand malt whisky -- rounded, rich, intoxicating! Here is an author at his formidable best' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday 'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder' Sunday Telegraph 'He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world' Andrew Taylor, Independent 'Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction' Tom Hiney, Observer


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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. After seeing Inspector Pascoe off on his honeymoon with a few ill-chosen words, Superintendent Andy Dalziel soon runs into trouble and water on his own solitary holiday. Rescued by a bunch of somewhat cheerful mourners, he accompanies them back to their rundown mansion to dry off. The owner of Lake House, Bonnie Fielding, seems less troubled by her husband's tragic death than by the problem of saving the family fortunes. Prompted not only by a professional curiosity but also by a more personal interest in Mrs Fielding's ample charms, Dalziel stays on. By the time Pascoe reappears, there have been several more deaths and it looks as if the normally hard-headed Dalziel might have compromised himself beyond redemption!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Like my kettle (only better), 12 Feb 2009
By Leslie JJ Martin "bloody silly idea this" (News From Nowhere) - See all my reviews
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No hesitation in giving this one full marks. Easier to keep track of the personnel here than in some others in the series, there is no "author's alter ego" spouting long words in place of being in possession of a credible personality, and the idea of Dalziel contemplating his "futurity" as a result of Pascoe's marriage is probably where Hill first wades above his shins with a view to breasting the deeps of their relationship. Dalziel gets the woman all right (need you ask?), but ends up being married to his job, which seems a decidedly brighter prospect for him in consequence of Pascoe's return in the final pages. So, fun and games with the prospect of plenty more.
The similarity to my kettle? As with the kettle, I'm only writing this to attempt to counter the unfairness of what I consider to be a particularly unperceptive review. There's an entertaining story here and it would be a shame to miss it.
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A weak addition to the oeuvre, 17 Nov 2000
By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley "katywheatley" (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews
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I feel that Hill perceives his characters so vividly that they are real to him and by so doing he likes to show us glimpses of their off-duty time. This is essentially one of those glimpses, despite a weakly mysterious story line. I too like to think of Dalziel and Pascoe as real people but I like to find out things about them as a subtext to the murder enquiry, not have the murder as the subtext. I was disappointed because this didn't add anything to my knowledge of the characters or to my enjoyment of a good murder mystery.
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5.0 out of 5 stars From the cover............, 25 Feb 2007
This review is from: April Shroud (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) (Hardcover)
After seeing Inspector Pascoe off on his honeymoon with a few ill-chosen words, Superintendent Andy Daiziel soon runs into trouble and water on his own solitary holiday. Rescued by a bunch of somewhat cheerful mourners, he accompanies them back to their rundown mansion to dry off.

The owner of Lake House, Bonnie Fielding, seems less troubled by her husband's tragic death than by the problem of finishing the half-completed Banqueting Hall which is to save the family fortunes. Prompted not only by a professional curiosity - why, for instance, would anyone want to keep a dead rat in a freezer? - but also by a more personal interest in Mrs Fielding's ample charms, Daiziel stays on.

By the time Pascoe reappears, there have been several more deaths, and it looks as if his normally hard-headed boss might have compromised himself beyond redemption.
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