- Fiction, Police, Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character), Missing persons
The third book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.
FictionPoliceInspector Wexford (Fictitious character)Missing personsNovela de misterioDetective and mystery storiesMysteryEngland, fictionWexford, inspector (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalKingsmarkham (England : Imaginary place)Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Ruth Rendell
- First published
- May 12, 1987
- Pages
- 215
- Publisher
- Hutchinson, Long, Chivers Audio Books
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- Russian, German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780090848508
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Police
- Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character)
- Missing persons
- Novela de misterio
- Detective and mystery stories
- Mystery
- England, fiction
- Wexford, inspector (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Kingsmarkham (England : Imaginary place)
- Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
First sentence
“THEY MIGHT have been going to kill someone.”
About Ruth Rendell · 1930–2015
Ruth Barbara Rendell is an English crime author (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Rendell>Wikipedia</a>).
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