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)
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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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover. Seller Inventory # SB18OS-02060
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. An Unkindness of Ravens (Wexford) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780091602000
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Seller: WESSEX, BEXHILL ON SEA, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. NEAR FINE BAR SLIGHT MARK TO FORE EDGE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS. Seller Inventory # 001018
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Original Wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Tearing to top and bottom of spine. RR written at top of spine in ink - no author name or title printed on spine which has some reading creasing and brown spotting. Small stain on fore edges of pages. Scattered brown spotting to the top edges of the pages. Pages otherwise unmarked. No jacket. Quite rare. Seller Inventory # 000681
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Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780091602000
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Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A hardcover, first edition in good condition for its age. The DJ illustration is by Mark Harrison; the author's photograph is by Jerry Bauer. DJ is mylar protected and not price clipped. There is slight wearing to the edges and corners of the DJ, and marks, small stains and discolouring. Text within is clear and unmarked. CN. Used. Seller Inventory # 533944
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Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Harrison, Mark (illustrator). First Edition. A Wexford novel. The boards have light bumping to the corners. There are a few light spots to the top and bottom edges of the pages and a light trace of a price in pencil to the front free endpaper but the pages are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has been price-clipped by the publisher with a publisher's price label to the bottom corner of the front flap. Light rubbing to the corners and a one inch scratch to the rear panel. Jacket illustration by Mark Harrison. First printing. Seller Inventory # 017601
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Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
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
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
First Edition. Wexford helps investigate a missing persons case and ends up in a murder case. Seller Inventory # 18685