Imprint: Arrow
Published: 01/10/2009
ISBN: 9780099534846
Length: 256 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 129mm
Weight: 181g
RRP: £12.99
The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.
Even the dead have something to hide...
The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale's broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock. Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple - wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world.
However, someone must have been alone with Elizabeth that night in the woods. Someone who hated - or perhaps loved - her enough to beat her to death.
The case seems straightforward. But Wexford soon learns that beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales' lives lie undercurrents and secrets no one ever suspected.
Imprint: Arrow
Published: 01/10/2009
ISBN: 9780099534846
Length: 256 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 16mm x 129mm
Weight: 181g
RRP: £12.99
One of the best novelists writing today
Ruth Rendell has quite simply transformed the genre of crime writing. She displays her peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear
Rendell never fails to come up trumps, and her millions of admirers will eagerly consume this offering as they have all the others.
A firm grasp of social concerns ensure that her novels are reflective of our own times, as well as hugely absorbing.
This is Rendell on cracking form, with the entire accoutrements one expects from her.