The speaker of Mandarin - Hardcover

Book 10 of 22: Inspector Wexford

RENDELL, Ruth

 
9780896214880: The speaker of Mandarin

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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"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)

Book Description

The twelfth 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.

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