Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this mesmerising and bone-chilling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. You'll be hooked from page one!
'If crime fiction is currently in rude good health, its practitioners striving to better the craft and keep it fresh, vibrant and relevant, this is in no small part thanks to Ruth Rendell.' -- Ian Rankin
'One of the best novelists writing today' - PD James
'[Ruth Rendell has a] peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear' - Sunday Times
'As usual, brilliant, yes murder but also a lot more, guilt, jealousy and a surprise at the end!!' -- Reader review
'The writing is masterful and the plot excellent' -- Reader review
'Relished every page' -- Reader review
SOME CASES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO BURY.
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 Painter's daughter. Only Archery can't let the past remain buried. He wants to prove Wexford wrong...
When he starts probing the lives of the witnesses questioned all those years ago, he stirs up more than old ghosts.
Wexford's first case was From Doon with Death. Have you read it? His work continues in Wolf to the Slaughter.
'If crime fiction is currently in rude good health, its practitioners striving to better the craft and keep it fresh, vibrant and relevant, this is in no small part thanks to Ruth Rendell.' -- Ian Rankin
'One of the best novelists writing today' - PD James
'[Ruth Rendell has a] peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear' - Sunday Times
'As usual, brilliant, yes murder but also a lot more, guilt, jealousy and a surprise at the end!!' -- Reader review
'The writing is masterful and the plot excellent' -- Reader review
'Relished every page' -- Reader review
SOME CASES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO BURY.
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 Painter's daughter. Only Archery can't let the past remain buried. He wants to prove Wexford wrong...
When he starts probing the lives of the witnesses questioned all those years ago, he stirs up more than old ghosts.
Wexford's first case was From Doon with Death. Have you read it? His work continues in Wolf to the Slaughter.
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Ein Netz aus Liebe, Verrat und Täuschung . . .
Sir Manuel Camargue, ein in ganz Kingsmarkham gefeierter Flötist, will im hohen Alter noch einmal heiraten - die fünfzig Jahre jüngere Dinah Sternhold. Als er kurz vor seiner Hochzeit in einer kalten Winternacht in seinem Gartenteich ertrinkt, sieht alles nach einem tragischen Unglücksfall aus. Doch Chefinspektor Wexford kommen Zweifel. Seine Ermittlungen ergeben schon bald, dass Camargue sein Testament ändern und seine Tochter enterben wollte - hatte sie also bei seinem Tod ihre Hände im Spiel? Vollends undurchsichtig wird der Fall, als Wexford von einem ungeheuerlichen Verdacht erfährt: Die Frau, die sich als Camargues Tochter ausgibt, soll eine Schwindlerin sein . . .
»Auf meisterhafte Weise stellt Ruth Rendell ihre Protagonisten an den Rand des Abgrunds, lässt sie genüsslich eine Weile drum herum balancieren und dann grausam abstürzen - und die Leser dazu. « Brigitte
Preisgekrönte und feingezeichnete psychologische Spannung für die Leserinnen und Leser von Donna Leon und Elizabeth George - alle Bände der »Inspector Wexford«-Reihe können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.