A Sleeping Life
The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman, biggish and gaunt. The grey eyes were wide and staring, and in them Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he saw a sardonic gleam, a glare, even in death, of scorn. But that must have been his imagination, and imagination was almost all he had to go on
The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman, biggish and gaunt. The grey eyes were wide and staring, and in them Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he saw a sardonic gleam, a glare, even in death, of scorn. But that must have been his imagination, and imagination was almost all he had to go on.
The woman was a stranger. Her handbag held little more than three keys on a ring and forty-two pounds in a new wallet. There was nothing to give him her address, her occupation or even her identity – let alone any clues that might lead to her killer. The woman was dead, but, as Wexford knew only too well, death, by murder is, in a way, not an end but a beginning...
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"Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world" (Ian Rankin)
"The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time" (Patricia Cornwell)
"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" (Sunday Times)
"An unusual detective story. . .intelligent, well-written, with a surprising twist" (Times Literary Supplement)
The tenth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic crime fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.
Death is always solitary. For some, so is life...
Death is always solitary. For some, so is life...
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0007424310
- ISBN 13 9780007424313
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