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Name: The Vault

Author: Ruth Rendell
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Mystery, Crime, Fiction

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ISBNs:
9780091937102
9781451624106
0091937108
1451624107

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

The impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired from the crime force. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila.

Wexford takes great pleasure in his books, but, for all the benefits of a more relaxed lifestyle, he misses being the hand of the law.

But a chance meeting in a London street, with someone he had known briefly as a very young police constable, changes everything. Tom Ede is now a Detective Superintendent, and is very keen to recruit Wexford as an adviser on a mysterious murder case.

The bodies of two women and a man have been discovered in the old coal hole of an attractive house in St John's Wood. None of the corpses carry identification. But the man's jacket pockets contain a string of pearls, a diamond and a sapphire necklace as well as other jewellery valued in the region of £40,000.

To Wexford, this is definitely a case worth coming out of retirement for. He is intrigued and excited by the challenge, but unaware that this new investigative role will bring him into extreme physical danger...

This book is part of the "Inspector Wexford" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"No Man's Nightingale"
First published in 2013
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"The Monster in the Box"
First published in 2009
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"Not in the Flesh"
First published in 2007
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"End in Tears"
First published in 2005
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"The Babes in the Wood"
First published in 2002
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"Harm Done"
First published in 1999
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"Simisola"
First published in 1994
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"Kissing the Gunner's Daughter"
First published in 1992
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"Road Rage"
First published in 1991
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"The Veiled One"
First published in 1988
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"An Unkindness of Ravens"
First published in 1985
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"Speaker of Mandarin"
First published in 1983
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"Death Notes"
First published in 1981
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"A Sleeping Life"
First published in 1978
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"Shake Hands Forever"
First published in 1975
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"Murder Being Once Done"
First published in 1972
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"No More Dying Then"
First published in 1971
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"A Guilty Thing Surprised"
First published in 1970
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"The Best Man to Die"
First published in 1969
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"Wolf to the Slaughter"
First published in 1967
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"Sins of the Fathers"
First published in 1967
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"From Doon With Death"
First published in 1964
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"Some Lie and Some Die"
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