Road Rage (Random House Large Print) - Softcover

Rendell, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679774432 ISBN 13: 9780679774433

Publisher: Random House Large Print, 1997

Synopsis

The winner of The Grand Master Edgar Award pits her popular hero Chief Inspector Wexford against a group of environmental radicals who attempt to stop a highway project by taking five people hostage, including Wexford's wife. (Mystery).

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About the Author

RUTH RENDELL is the author of Blood Lines (Crown, 1996), Simisola (Crown, 1995), and The Crocodile Bird (Crown, 1994). Her most recent novel is The Keys to the Street (Crown, 1996). She lives in England.


From the Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap

begins, Chief Inspector Wexford is walking in Framhurst Great Wood, just outside his beloved town of Kingsmarkham, for what he tells himself will be the last time. He can no longer bear to look at the beauty that will soon be despoiled by the construction of a new highway.

While Wexford despairs, his more sanguine wife, Dora, is active on a committee to save the threatened land. Others are more desperate to achieve their end, and their means include taking hostages -- including Dora -- and threatening murder.

Wexford and his dedicated team of officers work against time to learn the identity of the kidnappers, taking readers on a riveting chase following the intricate turns of the investigation. And, as in every Ruth Rendell novel, beyond the mortal drama lie political and moral questions that are not resolved with the closing of the case, and that apply far beyond the limits of Kingsmarkham ....

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Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Large Print
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679774432
• ISBN 13: 9780679774433
• Binding: Paperback