An accountant takes his mother to his home for the weekend with the view of improving relations between her and his second wife, but on their arrival, his wife is found strangled.
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"Rendell’s eerier capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish" (The Times)
"The Wexford books clearly display Rendell’s great mastery of storytelling at its best" (Sunday Telegraph)
"England’s premier detective-thriller writer" (Spectator)
"Chief Inspector Wexford is Rendell’s most enduring and best creation" (Daily Telegraph)
"Ruth Rendell's books are not only whodunits but whydunits, uncovering the motive roots of murder" (Mail on Sunday)
The ninth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series. Perfect for both collectors and new fans of award-winning crime novelist Ruth Rendell, the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.
Play with death. Deal with the Devil.
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Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Pictorial Dustwrapper. First Edition. All books outside UK send airmail. All dustwrappers are film protected. Paypal accepted. An Inspector Wexford mystery. Feint tape marks on pastedowns. Dustwrapper is complete with original price. Seller Inventory # 004242
Seller: Silver Trees Books, Malvern, WORCS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Near fine book in clean fresh black cloth covers with bright gilt titles to spine; a very small indentation to front. Internally mint and free of inscriptions except SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to the title page. The dust jacket is near fine with a small clip but with publishers price label adjacent; very small indentation to front. A most attractive copy. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 015373
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Sell Books, Elland, YORKS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Seller Inventory # L-BBO00416-RAG-20230523-A
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
UK hardback first impression, SIGNED to title page with name only. Fine in VG jacket, unclipped with a little fade to red spine lettering and spine area of accompanying belly band. Seller Inventory # ABE-1760448825006
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A fine hardcover copy in a fine jacket/brodart covered. Stated First Published, 1975. First British Edition. Remainder mark? Pen mark to top edge. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are smooth and round. No tears to jacket. Jacket is not priced clipped and no ownership signatures. Just a touch of edge wear to bottom of jackets spine. A very nice copy which precedes the American edition. Seller Inventory # 002855D
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Rebound in reinforced library binding. Pictorial boards. Lacking most of the dust jacket with only the flaps glued onto pastedowns, small pen notation on blank preliminary page, spine slightly cocked, very good. Signed by the author on the title page. A novel part of the Inspector Wexford series. Seller Inventory # 543884
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Impression. 1975 First Edition First Impression. Signed by Ruth Rendell. Size octavo, 215 pages. Black hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, else fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed with a couple of minute creases, 1 inch tear to base of spine at front fold, spine faded, not price clipped, protected. Flat signed by Ruth Rendell "Ruth Rendell" in black pen to the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 014499
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. This is the ninth book in Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford series. First editions are uncommon in the market, particularly with dust jackets, and signed copies are scarcer still. So this is a much sought after title. This copy is near fine in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Just slight bumping at the spine ends and very slight soiling on the half title page. No other marks or damage. The clipped dust jacket has been in a protective plastic sleeve and so it excellent. Signed by Rendell on the title page. BI19. Seller Inventory # B1025