Author: Ruth Rendell Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Crime, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780091937102 9781451624106 0091937108 1451624107 |
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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 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Not in the Flesh" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "End in Tears" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Harm Done" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Simisola" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Road Rage" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Veiled One" First published in 1988 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Speaker of Mandarin" First published in 1983 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Death Notes" First published in 1981 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Sleeping Life" First published in 1978 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Shake Hands Forever" First published in 1975 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "No More Dying Then" First published in 1971 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Best Man to Die" First published in 1969 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Sins of the Fathers" First published in 1967 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "From Doon With Death" First published in 1964 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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