Guilty Thing Surprised - Softcover

Rendell

3.83

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345338308 ISBN 13: 9780345338303

Elizabeth Nightingale found peace and tranquility on her nightly walks through the rich, dense forests surrounding Myfleet Manor. But the peace she treasured was shattered one night when she found death waiting in the woods. Chief Inspector Wexford and his colleague Inspector Burden find a most unsavory case on their hands -- and must use all their wit and wisdom to solve it . . .

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Review:

"One of the best novelists writing today" (P.D. James)

"The inspiration never seems to flag and the quality of the crafsmanship remains as high as ever" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Ruth 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 murdy impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear" (Sunday Times)

"Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding" (The Times)

Book Description:

The fifth 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.

Even the dead have something to hide...

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