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Dark Corners
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 reviews
2015
EN
A tragic accident. A blackmail plot. A house of cards.And murder.In his late father's house, Carl finds a hoard of pills, 'wonder drugs' and herbal remedies. He sells a box of slimming pills to his close friend Stacey.She dies.And Carl's new tenant is now scheming to blackmail him, imposing more and more demands on an increasingly unstable Carl, pushing him to the point of no return..._________________________R...
Dark Corners
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 reviews
2015
EN
A tragic accident. A blackmail plot. A house of cards.And murder.In his late father's house, Carl finds a hoard of pills, 'wonder drugs' and herbal remedies. He sells a box of slimming pills to his close friend Stacey.She dies.And Carl's new tenant is now scheming to blackmail him, imposing more and more demands on an increasingly unstable Carl, pushing him to the point of no return..._________________________R...
A Guilty Thing Surprised
- Book 5 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 42 reviews
2009
EN
The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale's broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock. Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple - wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world.However, someone must have been alone with Elizabeth that night in the woods. Someone who...
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A Guilty Thing Surprised
- Book 5 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 42 reviews
2009
EN
The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale's broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock. Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple - wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world.However, someone must have been alone with Elizabeth that night in the woods. Someone who...
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Adam And Eve And Pinch Me
4 out of 5 stars based on 8 reviews
2010
EN
From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a strange, seductive and suspenseful psychological thriller with a cunning final twist that will get right under the skin. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.'Rendell's psychological novels remain in a class of their own' -- Sunday Telegraph'It is ... her ability ... to tap into registers of feeli...
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Adam And Eve And Pinch Me
4 out of 5 stars based on 8 reviews
2010
EN
From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a strange, seductive and suspenseful psychological thriller with a cunning final twist that will get right under the skin. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.'Rendell's psychological novels remain in a class of their own' -- Sunday Telegraph'It is ... her ability ... to tap into registers of feeli...
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A New Lease Of Death
- Book 2 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 53 reviews
2010
EN
The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elderly lady in her home. Even more so when it's your first murder case.Wexford believed he'd solved Mrs Primero's murder fifteen years ago. It was no real mystery. Everyone knew Painter, her odd-job man, had done it. There had never been any doubt in anyone's mind. Until now...Henry Archery's son is engaged to Pain...
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A New Lease Of Death
- Book 2 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 53 reviews
2010
EN
The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elderly lady in her home. Even more so when it's your first murder case.Wexford believed he'd solved Mrs Primero's murder fifteen years ago. It was no real mystery. Everyone knew Painter, her odd-job man, had done it. There had never been any doubt in anyone's mind. Until now...Henry Archery's son is engaged to Pain...
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The Keys To The Street
5 out of 5 stars based on 3 reviews
2010
EN
London's wealthiest, poorest, kindest and most dangerous citizens all cross paths in Regent's Park. All it takes to bring them together is a series of brutally gruesome murders...Mary Jago has donated her bone marrow to save the life of a complete stranger; a generous act of kindness that culminates in a horrible break-up with her abusive boyfriend.Moving to the affluent edge of London's famous Regent's Park, Mary believes she has finally escaped the threat...
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The Keys To The Street
5 out of 5 stars based on 3 reviews
2010
EN
London's wealthiest, poorest, kindest and most dangerous citizens all cross paths in Regent's Park. All it takes to bring them together is a series of brutally gruesome murders...Mary Jago has donated her bone marrow to save the life of a complete stranger; a generous act of kindness that culminates in a horrible break-up with her abusive boyfriend.Moving to the affluent edge of London's famous Regent's Park, Mary believes she has finally escaped the threat...
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The Speaker Of Mandarin
- Book 25 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 26 reviews
2010
EN
The twelfth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.Wherever Reggie Wexford goes, death and intrigue are close on his heels. Having just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in China, Wexford finds himself haunted by memories of the old woman with bound feet who mysteriously followed him from one city to the next and the man who tragically drowned.Now, back in England, he finds himself investigating the murder of a fellow tourist. ...
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The Speaker Of Mandarin
- Book 25 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 26 reviews
2010
EN
The twelfth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.Wherever Reggie Wexford goes, death and intrigue are close on his heels. Having just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in China, Wexford finds himself haunted by memories of the old woman with bound feet who mysteriously followed him from one city to the next and the man who tragically drowned.Now, back in England, he finds himself investigating the murder of a fellow tourist. ...
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Wolf To The Slaughter
- Book 3 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 44 reviews
2009
EN
The third book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.Anita Margolis has vanished. Dark and exquisite, Anita's character is as mysterious as her disappearance.There was no body, no crime - nothing more concrete than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith. According to headquarters, it wasn't to be considered a murder enquiry at all.With the letter providing them with only one questionable lead to follow, Wexford and his...
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Wolf To The Slaughter
- Book 3 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 44 reviews
2009
EN
The third book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.Anita Margolis has vanished. Dark and exquisite, Anita's character is as mysterious as her disappearance.There was no body, no crime - nothing more concrete than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith. According to headquarters, it wasn't to be considered a murder enquiry at all.With the letter providing them with only one questionable lead to follow, Wexford and his...
£4.99
Live Flesh
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 14 reviews
2010
EN
Victor Jenner is a sociopath. After ten years in prison for shooting - and permanently crippling - a young policeman, Victor is released to a strange new world and told to make a new life for himself. It's hard to adjust to civilian life, but at least there's one blessing - he was never convicted for all those rapes he committed. Then Victor meets David, the policeman he shot, and David's beautiful girlfriend, Clare. And suddenly Victor's new life is starting to look an awful lot like the ...
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Live Flesh
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 14 reviews
2010
EN
Victor Jenner is a sociopath. After ten years in prison for shooting - and permanently crippling - a young policeman, Victor is released to a strange new world and told to make a new life for himself. It's hard to adjust to civilian life, but at least there's one blessing - he was never convicted for all those rapes he committed. Then Victor meets David, the policeman he shot, and David's beautiful girlfriend, Clare. And suddenly Victor's new life is starting to look an awful lot like the ...
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A Sleeping Life
- Book 10 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 39 reviews
2010
EN
The tenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.On a sultry August evening, the bloody body of a middle-aged woman is discovered beneath a hedge by a small boy.There are only two things that surprise Wexford about the murder scene. One, that the only contents of the woman's handbag are some keys and a wallet containing nothing but some money. And two, how even in death, her deathly grey eyes possess a scornful glare.The woman t...
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A Sleeping Life
- Book 10 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 39 reviews
2010
EN
The tenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.On a sultry August evening, the bloody body of a middle-aged woman is discovered beneath a hedge by a small boy.There are only two things that surprise Wexford about the murder scene. One, that the only contents of the woman's handbag are some keys and a wallet containing nothing but some money. And two, how even in death, her deathly grey eyes possess a scornful glare.The woman t...
£3.99
An Unkindness Of Ravens
- Book 12 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 17 reviews
2010
EN
The thirteenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.The raven: not a particularly predatory bird, but far from soft and submissive, adopted as the symbol of a militant feminist group...Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he was merely doing a neighbourly good deed when he agreed to talk to Joy Williams about her missing husband. He certainly didn't expect to be investigating a most unusual homicide.Rodney Williams was ne...
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An Unkindness Of Ravens
- Book 12 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 17 reviews
2010
EN
The thirteenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.The raven: not a particularly predatory bird, but far from soft and submissive, adopted as the symbol of a militant feminist group...Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he was merely doing a neighbourly good deed when he agreed to talk to Joy Williams about her missing husband. He certainly didn't expect to be investigating a most unusual homicide.Rodney Williams was ne...
£7.99
No Man's Nightingale
- Book 24 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 24 reviews
2013
EN
No Man's Nightingale: the eagerly anticipated twenty-fourth title in Ruth Rendell's bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.The woman vicar of St Peter's Church may not be popular among the community of Kingsmarkham. But it still comes as a profound shock when she is found strangled in her vicarage.Inspector Wexford is retired, but he retains a relish for solving mysteries especially when they are as close to home as this one is.
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No Man's Nightingale
- Book 24 -
- Wexford
4 out of 5 stars based on 24 reviews
2013
EN
No Man's Nightingale: the eagerly anticipated twenty-fourth title in Ruth Rendell's bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.The woman vicar of St Peter's Church may not be popular among the community of Kingsmarkham. But it still comes as a profound shock when she is found strangled in her vicarage.Inspector Wexford is retired, but he retains a relish for solving mysteries especially when they are as close to home as this one is.
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Put On By Cunning
- Book 11 -
- Wexford
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 30 reviews
2010
EN
The eleventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.Sir Manuel Camargue, Kingsmarkham's very own celebrity flautist, dies tragically on a snowy night. His death is met with a ruling of misadventure and appears to be an open-and-shut-case. However Wexford, as the investigating officer, has a few niggling doubts.Nineteen years later, Camargue's entrancing daughter, Natalie, now a considerable heiress, suddenly reappears in Kingsmarkham. W...
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Put On By Cunning
- Book 11 -
- Wexford
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 30 reviews
2010
EN
The eleventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.Sir Manuel Camargue, Kingsmarkham's very own celebrity flautist, dies tragically on a snowy night. His death is met with a ruling of misadventure and appears to be an open-and-shut-case. However Wexford, as the investigating officer, has a few niggling doubts.Nineteen years later, Camargue's entrancing daughter, Natalie, now a considerable heiress, suddenly reappears in Kingsmarkham. W...
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