The kingfisher's cry
The cry of the kingfisher is a crime novel by Reginald Hill , who first appeared 1994th
action
Harold Bendish, the village policeman in a remote little hamlet in Yorkshire , is reported missing by his superior, so the trio of investigators Superintendent Dalziel, Chief Inspector Pascoe and Sergeant Wield have to go in search of him. The residents of Enscombe are particularly noticeable for their eccentric peculiarities and are linked to one another through diverse, sometimes centuries-old relationships or hostilities. In the course of their investigation, more difficulties arise, and the detectives also have to deal with a break-in at the bookstore of the condescending bookseller Edwin Digweed, another break-in at the post office, a stolen statue, two paintings that have mysteriously disappeared and reappeared, and the disturbing, pubescent gun fool Jason Toke deal. The numerous threads of action finally come together on what the villagers call the "day of reckoning", when the final scandal occurs.
style
The novel is in the style of Jane Austen- satire written and subdivided in accordance with the usual one day three or five-volume novel in five volumes, each equipped with its own prologue : an alleged historical source that insight into the history of the village and Enscombe which gives motivation for the individual acts. Each chapter is preceded by a quote from Jane Austen's letters. Hill begins with his story "at the end", with which in the back of the mind the reader learns how it could come to this.
expenditure
- The cry of the kingfisher , German by Anke Kreutzer, Knaur: München (1994), ISBN 3-426-62441-9
- Pictures of Perfection , engl. Original edition, HarperCollins (1994) ISBN 0-00-649011-5