Author: Ruth Rendell Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Crime, Fiction
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A female vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. Maxine, the gossipy cleaning woman who discovers her body, happens to also be in the employ of retired Chief Inspector Wexford and his wife. When called on by his old deputy, detective inspector Mike Burden, Wexford, intrigued by the unusual circumstances of the murder, leaps at the chance to tag along with the investigators.
A single mother to a teenage girl, Hussein was a woman working in a male-dominated profession. Moreover, she was of mixed race and working to modernize the church. Could racism or sexism have played a factor in her murder?
As Wexford searches the Vicar's house, he sees a book on her bedside table. Inside the book is a letter serving as a bookmark. Without thinking much, Wexford puts it into his pocket. Wexford soon realizes he has made a grave error in removing a piece of valuable evidence from the scene without telling anybody. Yet what he finds inside begins to illuminate the murky past of Hussein. Is there more to her than meets the eye?
This book is part of the "Inspector Wexford" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "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: |
 | "The Vault" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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