Speaker of Mandarin (A New Inspector Wexford Mystery) - Hardcover

Rendell, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394522729 ISBN 13: 9780394522722

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 1983

Synopsis

Another Wexford mystery read by George Baker

China both delighted and frustrated Wexford; the beauty, the history, all of that brought immense pleasure. But the unending attention of Mr Sung of the Chinese Tourist Board was hugely irritating – and that an old woman with bound feet should haunt him was puzzling and slightly frightening, without explanation. Back home, he found an answer to the last and then a whole new mystery opened up when he found himself in charge of yet another murder investigation, this time of one of his fellow tourists. And suddenly an apparently accidental death in China no longer seemed so accidental....

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Review:

'The most brilliant mystery writer of our time.' (Patricia Cornwell)

'Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world.' (Ian Rankin)

'Through the quality of her writing she's raised the game of the crime novel in this country.' (Peter James, International bestselling crime thriller novelist)

Review:

"The most brilliant mystery writer of our time" (Patricia Cornwell)

"Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world" (Ian Rankin)

"Through the quality of her writing she's raised the game of the crime novel in this country" (Peter James)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0394522729
• ISBN 13: 9780394522722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223