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The Vault
Random House 2011; US$ 10.67The twenty-fourth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. The impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired from the crime force. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila. Wexford takes... more...
End in Tears
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 14.95The first death could have been an accident. When Mavis Ambrose is killed by a falling chunk of concrete, the police have no reason to suspect mischief. However, the bludgeoning of the young and gorgeous Amber Marshalson that follows is clearly murder. In the midst of the hottest summer on record, Inspector Wexford is called in to investigate. He... more...
Going Wrong
Random House 2010; US$ 7.99In Rendell's evocative portrayal of West London, the slums of Notting Hill Gate and the mews houses of Holland Park are not streets, but worlds, apart. When these two worlds collide, the repercussions are fatal. Guy and Leonora were childhood sweethearts, and belonged to the same criminal gang. But as the wealthy Leonora grew older, they grew... more...
Harm Done
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 15.00The search for the body commenced. Then the victim walked into town. Behind the picture-postcard façade of Kingsmarkham lies a community rife with violence, betrayal, and a taste for vengeance. When sixteen-year-old Lizzie Cromwell reappears no one knows where she has been, including Lizzie herself. Inspector Wexford thinks she was with a boyfriend.... more...
Piranha to Scurfy
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 12.00Nine deliciously frightening and exquisitely crafted tales of psychological terror from Ruth Rendell. A self-appointed critic reads books only to catch out their errors of fact and usage, which he points out to their authors in vicious letters: Then one day he comes upon a book that attacks him . An elderly woman finally avenges herself on the man... more...
Not in the Flesh
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.00A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called ?the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.? When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master?s first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred... more...
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 15.95Minty?s boyfriend, Jock, was killed in the disastrous train wreck at Paddington, shortly after he borrowed all her savings. Now he has come back to haunt her. Zillah lost her estranged husband, Jerry, in that same accident. She is not convinced he is actually dead, but for reasons of her own decides not to pursue the matter. Fiona?s fiancé, Jeff, has... more...
The Babes in the Wood
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 14.00With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers have gone missing along with their sitter, Joanna Troy. Their hysterical mother is convinced that all three have drowned, and as the hours stretch into days... more...
The Water's Lovely
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 14.95When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might have had something to do with it. Now they're older and their lives seem to be moving happily forward. But when Heather becomes seriously involved with a... more...
The Rottweiler
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 15.00The first victim had bite marks on her neck so the London papers nicknamed her killer, ?the Rottweiler.? He has been stalking the small and diverse London community of Lisson Grove, where Inez Ferry runs an antique shop frequented by a motley collection of eccentric individuals. When the Rottweiler?s trinkets start showing up in the shop, suddenly,... more...









