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Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

Deadheads

Written by Reginald Hill

Narrated by Colin Buchanan

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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‘Humour and topicality along a cold enigmatic trail of murder’ Observer

Life is on the up for Patrick Aldermann: his Great Aunt Florence has collapsed into her rose bed leaving him Rosemont House with its splendid gardens.

But when his boss, ‘Dandy’ Dick Elgood, suggests to Peter Pascoe that Aldermann is a murderer – then later retracts the accusation – the detective inspector is left with a thorny problem.

Not only have the police already dug up some interesting information about Aldermann’s beautiful wife; it also appears that his rapid promotion has been helped by the convenient deaths of some of his colleagues…

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateSep 19, 2012
ISBN9780007505586
Author

Reginald Hill

Reginald Hill, acclaimed English crime writer, was a native of Cumbria and a former resident of Yorkshire, the setting for his novels featuring Superintendent Andy Dalziel and DCI Peter Pascoe. Their appearances won Hill numerous awards, including a CWA Golden Dagger and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award. The Dalziel and Pascoe stories were also adapted into a hugely popular BBC TV series. Hill died in 2012.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Start with 'Ruling Passion' and work your way up through 'Pictures of Perfection', for a view of how characters take hold of an author, and grow into fully formed people.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This series goes from strength to strength. Beautifully done.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I like DS Wield so much I got another one. Much fun to be had. Should reading be this easy?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Dalzeil/Pascoe with Hill on top of his game. This is truly a delightful book, in its clever structure—each chapter is themed by the description of a particular rose variety, and the title provides the unifying concept to the plot. There is some crackling dialogue, with the Pascoes taking more of centre stage this time. And effortlessly the author weaves in story lines of racial discrimination (both malign and benign reactions to Cadet Singh); homosexuality (Wield’s repressed desire); and marital fidelity (Daphne and Dandy Dick). And oh-by-the-way there are several suspicious deaths that follow the oddly disquieting Aldermann around. With a masterful touch Hill continues to leave the answer to the mystery in doubt until the end. Delicious.