Synopsis
Ravens are not particularly predatory birds, but neither are they soft and submissive. The collective noun for them is an "unkindness". The raven is also a symbol used by a feminist group, whose attitude to the opposite sex is anything but soft and submissive.
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"A brilliant reshuffling of a pack of clues . . . Rendell at her richest" (Sunday Times)
"Well-plotted . . . baffling . . . Still the tops" (Sunday Telegraph)
"A climax as chilling and unexpected as any she's perpetrated before" (The Times)
Book Description
The thirteenth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.
Love your neighbour as yourself...
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AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS
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AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Mark Harrison (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£8.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 269pp. The thirteenth book to feature Chief Inspector Reg Wexford. The raven, not a particularly predatory bird, but far from soft and submissive, adopted as the symbol of a militant feminist group. Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he was merely doing a neighbourly good deed when he agreed to talk to Joy Williams about her missing husband. He certainly didn't expect to be investigating a most unusual homicide. Rodney Williams was neither handsome nor wealthy, but he had an unerring eye for a pretty girl and when he disappeared and two other men were later attacked by a young woman, Wexford couldn't help wondering if there was a connection. If there wasn't, where was Rodney Williams and why had he vanished? He had committed no crime, apart from telling his wife the occasional lie. Classic Ruth Rendell (1930-2015). Seller Inventory # 010135
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An Unkindness of Ravens [Chief Inspector Wexford Novels]
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First Edition. Wexford helps investigate a missing persons case and ends up in a murder case. Seller Inventory # 18685