Murder Being Once Done - Hardcover

Rendell, Ruth

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ISBN 10: 0385039131 ISBN 13: 9780385039130

Publisher: Doubleday, 1972

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It seems fitting that the final resting place of a girl's body should be in a graveyard. But this is no peaceful burial. This is a brutal murder scene. Under strict orders from his doctor to indulge in no criminal investigation, Wexford is sent to London for a break away from the pressures of the Kingsmarkham police force. But then he discovers that his nephew Howard is heading the investigation into the macabre murder of Loveday Morgan, whose body was found abandoned in Kenbourne Cemetery. Despite opposition from Howard and his team, Wexford is drawn to the case. And when he unearths Loveday's connection to a religious cult whose leader was imprisoned for sexual absue, he relentlessly pursues this sinister new lead ...

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Review:

"Chief Inspector Wexford is one of the most admirable presences in mystery fiction today and Ruth Rendell. . . retains her place of highest distinction in the field."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Rendell is a master of the form.
--The Washington Post Book World

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

"The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world."
--The Boston Globe

Book Description:

The seventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

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