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1) Road rage

Author

Rendell, Ruth

Series

Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries volume 17

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Winner of multiple Edgar and Gold Dagger awards including the most prestigious Edgar of them all, the Grand Master, Ruth Rendell returns with a novel that pits Chief Inspector Wexford against a quite personal foe: the environmental terrorists who kidnap and threaten the lives of five hostages—including Wexford's own wife.
As Road Rage begins, Chief Inspector Wexford is walking through Framhurst Great Wood, just outside his beloved town of Kingsmarkham,...

2) Not in the flesh

Author

Rendell, Ruth

Series

Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries volume 21
Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury-a human hand. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death. The only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Although the police database covers a relatively short period of time, it stores a long list of Missing Persons....

3) The vault: an Inspector Wexford novel

Author

Rendell, Ruth

Series

Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries volume 23
Inspector Wexford mystery

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

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When three bodies are discovered in a house in St. John's Wood, former Chief Inspector Wexford is pulled out of retirement to follow a complex trail of clues, only to have his life thrown into turmoil by a devastating personal tragedy.

4) No man's nightingale

Author

Rendell, Ruth

Series

Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries volume 24
Inspector Wexford mystery

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

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"A female Vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham Vicarage. The gossipy cleaning woman who discovers her body, Maxine, happens to also be in the employ of retired Chief Inspector Wexford and his wife. When detective inspector Mike Burden calls him, Wexford, intrigued by the unusual circumstances of the murder, leaps at the chance to tag along with the investigators. A single-mother to a teenage girl, Hussein was a woman...