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by Reginald Hill (Author), Colin Buchanan (Reader)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Chivers Audio Books (Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0754008541
  • ISBN-13: 978-0754008545
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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After seeing inspector Pascoe off on his honeymoon, 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 - the owner of which, Bonnie Fielding, seems rather less troubled by her husband's tragic death than by trying to save her family fortunes. Interested in Mrs Fielding's ample charms, Dalziel stays on. But, by the time Pascoe reappears, there have been several more deaths...

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dalziel on his own, 29 Jan 2010
By L. J. Roberts (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: April Shroud (Hardcover)
First Sentence: No one knew how it came about the Dalziel was making a speech.

With Pascoe off on his honeymoon, Dalziel (Dee-Ell) is taking a holiday of his own. Things quickly go awry when his car is swamped in a flooding road. He is rescued by a group of rather happy mourners and taken to a decrepit mansion to dry off. More seems wrong than just the state of the abode; there's a preserved rat in the freezer and the very appealing mistress of the manner twice widowed in suspicious circumstances.

When bodies become a fact of the present, rather than the past, Dalziel isn't leaving until the murderer is found.

It was nice to see Dalziel on his own for most of this book. He is fat, crass, rude, politically incorrect and altogether repulsive. And he's wonderful. He is the type of character you'd rather not know, or even be around, but you can't help like him and would always want him on your side. Aside from Pascoe, who is absent from most of this book, none of the characters are appealing.

In addition to Hill creating a very vivid cast of characters is the writing. Hill is an amazing author. He lovingly created a masterful and complex plot, with plenty of twists and an element of suspense. It was a wonderful version of the "country manor" mystery.

Hill's descriptions and dialogue with delightful sharp humor kept me engaged from first page to last. He truly demonstrated that one can tell a complete, compelling story in 187 pages (in my edition).

I am having a delightful time working my way through this series. I highly recommend Dalziel and Pascoe to all.

AN APRIL SHROUD (Pol. Proc-Dalziel and Pascoe-England-Cont) - VG+
Hill, Reginald - 4th in series
Foul Play Press, 1975, US Hardcopy
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3 of 5 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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This review is from: An April Shroud: A Dalziel and Pascoe Novel (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) (Paperback)
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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6 of 12 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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This review is from: An April Shroud: A Dalziel and Pascoe Novel (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel) (Paperback)
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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