The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman, biggish and gaunt. Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he saw a sardonic gleam in her wide, staring eyes. He is called in to solve the crime.

A Sleeping Life

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

RUTH RENDELL

Mystery

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

Murder Being Once Done

Harpercollins

Sir Manual Camargue had just announced his intention of taking a second wife, 50 years his junior. On the same cold winter's day, he died as a result of what was surely a tragic accident. But Wexford doubts that Camargue's death came by misadventure.

Put on by Cunning

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

It was better than a hotel, this anonymous room on a secluded side street of a small country town. No register to sign, no questions asked, and for five bucks a man could have three hours of undisturbed, illicit lovemaking.Then one evening a man with a knife turned the love nest into a death chamber. The carpet was soaked with blood -- but where was the corpse?Meanwhile, a beautiful, promiscuous woman is missing -- along with the bundle of cash she'd had in her pocket. The truth behind it all will keep even veteran mystery fans guessing through the very last page.

Wolf to the Slaughter

A New Lease of Death

Shake Hands for Ever

A young girl is murdered in a cemetery.  And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work.  When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the local police, under the command of Wexford's nephew, are baffled, Wexford decides to brave his doctor's wrath and the condescension of the London police by doing a little investigating of his own. A compelling story of mysterious identity and untimely death, Murder Being Once Done is Rendell at her most sublime.With her Inspector Wexford novels, Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, has added layers of depth, realism and unease to the classic English mystery. For the canny, tireless, and unflappable policeman is an unblinking observer of human nature, whose study has taught him that under certain circumstances the most unlikely people are capable of the most appalling crimes.

Put on by cunning

Hutchinson

Wolf To The Slaughter

<p>A crime novel, featuring Chief Inspector Wexford, in which a woman vanishes, leaving nothing more concrete than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith.</p>

Suffolk

Travel

Europe

Century Hutchinson (A Division of Random House Group)

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