Synopsis
The eighth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.
When the body of a brutally beaten girl is found in a quarry during a hedonistic hippy festival near Kingsmarkham, Wexford is first on the scene. The victim's face has been pulped by the back-end of a bottle, but who, in this atmosphere of peace and love, could be capable of such violence?
The body is that of local girl turned stripper Dawn Stonor, but it is the unlikely link between this ill-fated girl and the mysterious folk-singer Zeno Vedast that piques Wexford's interest.
Through an intricate web of lies and deceit, Wexford uncovers a history of love and hate that began years earlier. In all his years of police work, he has never been faced with a crime of such desperate passion...
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"One of the best novelists writing today" (P.D. James)
"The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time" (Patricia Cornwell)
"Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world" (Ian Rankin)
"[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age" (Herald)
"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)
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The eighth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series. Perfect for both collectors and new fans of award-winning crime novelist Ruth Rendell, who has written classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.
Fame comes at a lethal price
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SOME LIE AND SOME DIE
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Hutchinson, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0091150507
ISBN 13: 9780091150501
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition hardback, with dust wrapper. Clean grey boards with gilt lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Binding is neat and tidy. Page edges are clean, yet bear some moderate discolouration and foxing. Some discolouration on pastedowns and free endpaper. the odd page throughout has a small patch of light foxing, otherwise this book is in good condition. Dust wrapper has some light rubbing and creases at the edges. Thumbing along top and bottom. Spine well thumbed, and lightly sunned. General discolouration due to age, plus the odd spot along the head edge. Back cover lightly scuffed, this dust wrapper is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound. Seller Inventory # FIC1605
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