Some Lie and Some Die: 8 (Inspector Wexford) - Softcover

Rendell, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375704906 ISBN 13: 9780375704901

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1999

Synopsis

A mutilated body found at a rock festival.
In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, until the hideously disfigured body is discovered in a nearby quarry. And soon Wexford is investigating the links between a local girl gone bad and a charismatic singer who inspires an unwholesome devotion in his followers. Some Lie and Some Die is a devilishly absorbing novel, in which Wexford's deductive powers come up against the aloof arrogance of pop stardom.
With her Inspector Wexford novels, Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, has added layers of depth, realism and unease to the classic English mystery. For the canny, tireless, and unflappable policeman is an unblinking observer of human nature, whose study has taught him that under certain circumstances the most unlikely people are capable of the most appalling crimes.

About this title

Review:

"Ruth Rendell is . . . a phenomenon. "
--The New York Times Book Review

"No one can take you so totally into the recesses of the human mind as does Ruth Rendell."
--The Christian Science Monitor

"Undoubtedly one of the best writers of English mysteries and chiller-killer plots."
--Los Angeles Times

Book Description:

The eighth 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.

Fame comes at a lethal price

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375704906
• ISBN 13: 9780375704901
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192