- Fiction, Police, Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character), Mystery
Classic Crime Fiction from "The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time."Most people would have screamed. Mrs Hathall made no sound. She had seen death many times before, but she had never before seen a death by violence.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Ruth Rendell, John Escott, Nigel Anthony
- First published
- September 1, 1997
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- Hutchinson, Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A., Audiogo
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- English, Spanish, German
- ISBN
- 9780754003014
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Ruth Barbara Rendell is an English crime author (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Rendell>Wikipedia</a>).
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