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.
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Reginald Hill. An April Shroud
REGINALD HILL. AN APRIL SHROUD
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Contents
Epigraph
1. Epithalamium
2. A Bridge to Nowhere
3. A Nourishing Broth
4. Premises, Premises
5. A Pleasant Surprise
6. A Step into Summer
7. A Fried Egg Sandwich
8. Family History
9. The Setting of Riddles
10. The Presentation of Awards
11. Hello Sailor
12. A View in the Morning
13. An Intimate Deodorant
14. When We Dead Awake
15. Pictures of Innocence
16. Dead Ducks
17. Opening Night
18. The Last Days of Pompeii
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Chapter 1
About the Author
By Reginald Hill
About the Publisher
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A Dalziel and Pascoe novel
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‘Hang on,’ said Dalziel. ‘I’ll get my stuff.’
The level of the water seemed perceptibly higher as he waded back to the car and unloaded his old cardboard suitcase. As he returned cautiously to the dry road, he saw to his chagrin that the rowing-boat was already on its way, leaving him to the uncertain mercies of the punt.
