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Hutchinson Radius (2005), Edition: 1st Us Edition, 336 pages
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A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The driver behind is spared. But only for a while ... One particular member of the local press is gunning for the Chief Inspector, distinctly unimpressed with what he regards as old-fashioned police methods. But Wexford, with his old friend and partner, Mike Burden, along with two new recruits to the Kingsmarkham team, pursue their inquiries with a diligence and humanity that make Ruth Rendell's detective stories enthralling, exciting and very touching.
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LibraryThing member Fantasma
It was definitly not a good time for me to read this book, as I've been feeling a bit down and sad. And Ruth Rendell books are always a bit depressive, full of psychological stuff and lost of bla bla bla... It didn't get my attention, I found it a bit boring and was really tired of the book when I
The ending was a little better than the rest, I wasn't really expecting one of the results, but as for giving us one of the "bad guys" so soon, it's difficult to keep interested...
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was halfway through it. Many times I just forgot what I had read and was a bit lost in the story. I'm not saying it was a bad book, just bad timing of mine...The ending was a little better than the rest, I wasn't really expecting one of the results, but as for giving us one of the "bad guys" so soon, it's difficult to keep interested...
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LibraryThing member JalenV
End In Tears is an old phrase as well as the title of the 20th Inspector Wexford mystery. Plenty of characters will take actions that will end in tears -- their own, or others'. The murder victims are beyond tears, of course. Pity one of them didn't read the Miss Silver mysteries. Quite a few
There's a cautionary tale for parents in the story of George Marshalson, whose beloved daughter might have lived if he hadn't spoiled her rotten.
He still has her year-old son, but, like Mr. Craven in The Secret Garden, he can't bear to look at Brand because the boy looks like his mother. Brand's step-grandmother, Diana, complains about how she had to give up her own career, etc., because Amber continued to party after he was born. Inspector Wexford worries about the child. It's not as if his paternal grandmother has done a good job rearing her own overprivileged children. Daniel Hilland is a jerk (Wexford's opinion is harsher). His sister is thoughtless at the very least.
Another parent will lose her teen. That it won't be the more intelligent one attending business college isn't going to console her.
Remember Wexford's own daughters? Sheila's not the problem this time. It's Sylvia again. Sylvia Fairfax is divorced, but doing a huge favor for her ex and Naomi, the woman he wants to marry. For once, Reg is being the more patient parent. It makes his Dora almost as angry with him as she is with Sylvia. Given Naomi's behavior, I didn't want Sylvia to complete the favor. How could the mess be resolved? (See chapter 7 for young Robin Fairfax's reaction to what his mother told him. Ouch.)
In contrast to teen mothers who don't take care of their babies, there are women who are desperate to have babies of their own. Some are so desperate that they'll even believe in something impossible. (I do hope one legal response Wexford expects to have happen regarding their cases won't. I think it would do more harm than good.)
Expect some commentary (comic relief?) on modern ideas in the person of Detective Sergeant Hannah Goldsmith, whom I doubt we are expected to admire because she doesn't treat others as she would like to be treated. To give one example, she wishes Wexford would remember to say 'Ms.,' but continues to call him 'guv' even after he's asked her not to do it. The beautiful DS Goldsmith and the equally handsome Detective Constable Baljinder 'Bal' Bhattacharya fancy each other, but have different expectations. Is the relationship doomed before it can start?
I've made no secret of the fact that I dislike Wexford's assistant, Detective Inspector Mike Burden. He's still a prig. In fact, he and Hannah Goldsmith are siblings under the skin because he's just as intolerant of liberal ideas as she is of traditional ones. I enjoyed a cat's response to his whispered insults in chapter 14. By the way, Burden has given up his beautiful suits to wear 'smart casual' clothing. Wexford's thought about Burden and jeans made me snicker even though I didn't agree. Burden may read more since he married Jenny, but he still doesn't recognize a line he remembers Wexford saying as a Shakespeare quotation (Hamlet -- I had to look up which play. See chapter 22).
I really liked the way the puzzle pieces were fit together. There's plenty of suspense in the climax.
Notes:
If you want the names of the victims of the murder attempt in chapter 1, they're given near the end of chapter six.
See chapter 15 for where Wexford's grandmother told him babies came from. (It's not the stork.)
Yes, poor parents in real life have been known to use a drawer for a baby's bed, as happens in chapter 26. Dad mentioned it when he told me about a relative who lost a baby to SIDS back before Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was known to exist.
Dog lovers, there are cameos of a West Highland, a pug, and a terrier. The first two belong to witnesses and the third to a victim's kin.
Cat Lovers, a lynx-sized cat named Ginger provides an invaluable service to the police just by needing to be rescued. You might enjoy the description of the home Ginger's human has provided him in chapter 14.
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characters met their end trying the same thing in that series.There's a cautionary tale for parents in the story of George Marshalson, whose beloved daughter might have lived if he hadn't spoiled her rotten.
He still has her year-old son, but, like Mr. Craven in The Secret Garden, he can't bear to look at Brand because the boy looks like his mother. Brand's step-grandmother, Diana, complains about how she had to give up her own career, etc., because Amber continued to party after he was born. Inspector Wexford worries about the child. It's not as if his paternal grandmother has done a good job rearing her own overprivileged children. Daniel Hilland is a jerk (Wexford's opinion is harsher). His sister is thoughtless at the very least.
Another parent will lose her teen. That it won't be the more intelligent one attending business college isn't going to console her.
Remember Wexford's own daughters? Sheila's not the problem this time. It's Sylvia again. Sylvia Fairfax is divorced, but doing a huge favor for her ex and Naomi, the woman he wants to marry. For once, Reg is being the more patient parent. It makes his Dora almost as angry with him as she is with Sylvia. Given Naomi's behavior, I didn't want Sylvia to complete the favor. How could the mess be resolved? (See chapter 7 for young Robin Fairfax's reaction to what his mother told him. Ouch.)
In contrast to teen mothers who don't take care of their babies, there are women who are desperate to have babies of their own. Some are so desperate that they'll even believe in something impossible. (I do hope one legal response Wexford expects to have happen regarding their cases won't. I think it would do more harm than good.)
Expect some commentary (comic relief?) on modern ideas in the person of Detective Sergeant Hannah Goldsmith, whom I doubt we are expected to admire because she doesn't treat others as she would like to be treated. To give one example, she wishes Wexford would remember to say 'Ms.,' but continues to call him 'guv' even after he's asked her not to do it. The beautiful DS Goldsmith and the equally handsome Detective Constable Baljinder 'Bal' Bhattacharya fancy each other, but have different expectations. Is the relationship doomed before it can start?
I've made no secret of the fact that I dislike Wexford's assistant, Detective Inspector Mike Burden. He's still a prig. In fact, he and Hannah Goldsmith are siblings under the skin because he's just as intolerant of liberal ideas as she is of traditional ones. I enjoyed a cat's response to his whispered insults in chapter 14. By the way, Burden has given up his beautiful suits to wear 'smart casual' clothing. Wexford's thought about Burden and jeans made me snicker even though I didn't agree. Burden may read more since he married Jenny, but he still doesn't recognize a line he remembers Wexford saying as a Shakespeare quotation (Hamlet -- I had to look up which play. See chapter 22).
I really liked the way the puzzle pieces were fit together. There's plenty of suspense in the climax.
Notes:
If you want the names of the victims of the murder attempt in chapter 1, they're given near the end of chapter six.
See chapter 15 for where Wexford's grandmother told him babies came from. (It's not the stork.)
Yes, poor parents in real life have been known to use a drawer for a baby's bed, as happens in chapter 26. Dad mentioned it when he told me about a relative who lost a baby to SIDS back before Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was known to exist.
Dog lovers, there are cameos of a West Highland, a pug, and a terrier. The first two belong to witnesses and the third to a victim's kin.
Cat Lovers, a lynx-sized cat named Ginger provides an invaluable service to the police just by needing to be rescued. You might enjoy the description of the home Ginger's human has provided him in chapter 14.
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LibraryThing member weird_O
Not a bad crime novel, but End in Tears, for all its complications, was a flat one. It's the first Ruth Rendell book I've read, chosen simply because it's the one I have.
Teenager Amber Marshalson is found by her father, her head stoved in by a brick. She'd been out with friends. When she didn't
A huge team of investigators spread across town to interview family members and friends, as well as friends and acquaintances and co-workers of family and of friends. Stories are shared with police by a couple of citizens who just want to do the right thing. Lots of driving around, lots of verbal sparring, lots of ancillary storylines. In the end, all the secondary plots are resolved happily and the resolution of the case itself has to be explained by the chief inspector in a staff assembly. Nick Charles and Hercule Poirot settle some of their cases with this sort of show 'n' tell, but usually the miscreants are in the audience alongside the cops and we the readers share in the tension and surprises. This one ends in a staff meeting. Boring.
Teenager Amber Marshalson is found by her father, her head stoved in by a brick. She'd been out with friends. When she didn't
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return by the wee morning hours, her doting dad walked out looking for her. Her body was only a few yards from home. Investigators soon learn she'd totaled the car her father had given her. A block of masonry dropped from a bridge had crushed a car very similar to hers, killing a passenger. Following closely behind the first car, Amber was unable to stop and backended it. Now, the investigators believe she was the target, not the person who died. Shortly thereafter, a teenage friend disappears, her body ultimately found, her head crushed, apparently with a brick. A huge team of investigators spread across town to interview family members and friends, as well as friends and acquaintances and co-workers of family and of friends. Stories are shared with police by a couple of citizens who just want to do the right thing. Lots of driving around, lots of verbal sparring, lots of ancillary storylines. In the end, all the secondary plots are resolved happily and the resolution of the case itself has to be explained by the chief inspector in a staff assembly. Nick Charles and Hercule Poirot settle some of their cases with this sort of show 'n' tell, but usually the miscreants are in the audience alongside the cops and we the readers share in the tension and surprises. This one ends in a staff meeting. Boring.
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LibraryThing member Kathy89
Middle aged British inspector investigates a baby surrogacy ring and juggles to understand the morals of young women and the people who use them. Lots of plot twists but in the end it's a very simple conclusion.
LibraryThing member Pmaurer
My first exposure to inspector Wexford. I liked the character, but hated the character Hannah. Two girls murdered, surrogate mother (Wexford's daughter), restoration businessmen. I want to go back and catch more of Wexford, but definitely not if Hannah is part of the story line.
LibraryThing member moonshineandrosefire
At first there was no reason to link the killings. In fact, the first death could easily have been called an accident. When the car driven by Mavis Ambrose is struck by a falling chunk of concrete and she is killed, the police have absolutely no reason to suspect foul play in her death. However,
In the midst of the hottest summer on record, Inspector Wexford is called in to investigate the Marshalson case. He quickly discovers a potential link between Mavis' death and Amber's murder: Amber was driving the car directly behind Mavis' when the piece of concrete crushed it. Whatever other ties both cases might have, Inspector Wexford is certain of one thing: whoever wanted the teenager dead was willing to kill twice.
When a third body is found, the case takes a completely unexpected and quite a darkly disturbing turn. And as Inspector Wexford investigates the case further - the darker such realities become. In fact, the more Inspector Wexford digs into the case - and the closer that he gets to solving it - it inevitably leaves him feeling adrift; absolutely lost in a world that is seemingly without morals.
I have always enjoyed reading Ruth Rendell's books and this one was no exception. I have actually read several earlier books from this series many, many years ago. However, while I'm not sure if it is because this is a later mystery in a rather long series, I found the mystery to be remarkably more complex than I was expecting. I had some trouble keeping all the characters straight in my mind, so the mystery became just the slightest bit confusing to me. Despite that, I would still give this book an A!
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the bludgeoning of gorgeous eighteen-year-old Amber Marshalson that follows several months later is clearly murder.In the midst of the hottest summer on record, Inspector Wexford is called in to investigate the Marshalson case. He quickly discovers a potential link between Mavis' death and Amber's murder: Amber was driving the car directly behind Mavis' when the piece of concrete crushed it. Whatever other ties both cases might have, Inspector Wexford is certain of one thing: whoever wanted the teenager dead was willing to kill twice.
When a third body is found, the case takes a completely unexpected and quite a darkly disturbing turn. And as Inspector Wexford investigates the case further - the darker such realities become. In fact, the more Inspector Wexford digs into the case - and the closer that he gets to solving it - it inevitably leaves him feeling adrift; absolutely lost in a world that is seemingly without morals.
I have always enjoyed reading Ruth Rendell's books and this one was no exception. I have actually read several earlier books from this series many, many years ago. However, while I'm not sure if it is because this is a later mystery in a rather long series, I found the mystery to be remarkably more complex than I was expecting. I had some trouble keeping all the characters straight in my mind, so the mystery became just the slightest bit confusing to me. Despite that, I would still give this book an A!
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LibraryThing member krsball
I love Wexford! If you're a mystery fan, you've read Rendell. If you haven't, get thee to a bookstore!
LibraryThing member JalenV
End In Tears is an old phrase as well as the title of the 20th Inspector Wexford mystery. Plenty of characters will take actions that will end in tears -- their own, or others'. The murder victims are beyond tears, of course. Pity one of them didn't read the Miss Silver mysteries. Quite a few
There's a cautionary tale for parents in the story of George Marshalson, whose beloved daughter might have lived if he hadn't spoiled her rotten.
He still has her year-old son, but, like Mr. Craven in The Secret Garden, he can't bear to look at Brand because the boy looks like his mother. Brand's step-grandmother, Diana, complains about how she had to give up her own career, etc., because Amber continued to party after he was born. Inspector Wexford worries about the child. It's not as if his paternal grandmother has done a good job rearing her own overprivileged children. Daniel Hilland is a jerk (Wexford's opinion is harsher). His sister is thoughtless at the very least.
Another parent will lose her teen. That it won't be the more intelligent one attending business college isn't going to console her.
Remember Wexford's own daughters? Sheila's not the problem this time. It's Sylvia again. Sylvia Fairfax is divorced, but doing a huge favor for her ex and Naomi, the woman he wants to marry. For once, Reg is being the more patient parent. It makes his Dora almost as angry with him as she is with Sylvia. Given Naomi's behavior, I didn't want Sylvia to complete the favor. How could the mess be resolved? (See chapter 7 for young Robin Fairfax's reaction to what his mother told him. Ouch.)
In contrast to teen mothers who don't take care of their babies, there are women who are desperate to have babies of their own. Some are so desperate that they'll even believe in something impossible. (I do hope one legal response Wexford expects to have happen regarding their cases won't. I think it would do more harm than good.)
Expect some commentary (comic relief?) on modern ideas in the person of Detective Sergeant Hannah Goldsmith, whom I doubt we are expected to admire because she doesn't treat others as she would like to be treated. To give one example, she wishes Wexford would remember to say 'Ms.,' but continues to call him 'guv' even after he's asked her not to do it. The beautiful DS Goldsmith and the equally handsome Detective Constable Baljinder 'Bal' Bhattacharya fancy each other, but have different expectations. Is the relationship doomed before it can start?
I've made no secret of the fact that I dislike Wexford's assistant, Detective Inspector Mike Burden. He's still a prig. In fact, he and Hannah Goldsmith are siblings under the skin because he's just as intolerant of liberal ideas as she is of traditional ones. I enjoyed a cat's response to his whispered insults in chapter 14. By the way, Burden has given up his beautiful suits to wear 'smart casual' clothing. Wexford's thought about Burden and jeans made me snicker even though I didn't agree. Burden may read more since he married Jenny, but he still doesn't recognize a line he remembers Wexford saying as a Shakespeare quotation (Hamlet -- I had to look up which play. See chapter 22).
I really liked the way the puzzle pieces were fit together. There's plenty of suspense in the climax.
Notes:
If you want the names of the victims of the murder attempt in chapter 1, they're given near the end of chapter six.
See chapter 15 for where Wexford's grandmother told him babies came from. (It's not the stork.)
Yes, poor parents in real life have been known to use a drawer for a baby's bed, as happens in chapter 26. Dad mentioned it when he told me about a relative who lost a baby to SIDS back before Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was known to exist.
Dog lovers, there are cameos of a West Highland, a pug, and a terrier. The first two belong to witnesses and the third to a victim's kin.
Cat Lovers, a lynx-sized cat named Ginger provides an invaluable service to the police just by needing to be rescued. You might enjoy the description of the home Ginger's human has provided him in chapter 14.
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characters met their end trying the same thing in that series.There's a cautionary tale for parents in the story of George Marshalson, whose beloved daughter might have lived if he hadn't spoiled her rotten.
He still has her year-old son, but, like Mr. Craven in The Secret Garden, he can't bear to look at Brand because the boy looks like his mother. Brand's step-grandmother, Diana, complains about how she had to give up her own career, etc., because Amber continued to party after he was born. Inspector Wexford worries about the child. It's not as if his paternal grandmother has done a good job rearing her own overprivileged children. Daniel Hilland is a jerk (Wexford's opinion is harsher). His sister is thoughtless at the very least.
Another parent will lose her teen. That it won't be the more intelligent one attending business college isn't going to console her.
Remember Wexford's own daughters? Sheila's not the problem this time. It's Sylvia again. Sylvia Fairfax is divorced, but doing a huge favor for her ex and Naomi, the woman he wants to marry. For once, Reg is being the more patient parent. It makes his Dora almost as angry with him as she is with Sylvia. Given Naomi's behavior, I didn't want Sylvia to complete the favor. How could the mess be resolved? (See chapter 7 for young Robin Fairfax's reaction to what his mother told him. Ouch.)
In contrast to teen mothers who don't take care of their babies, there are women who are desperate to have babies of their own. Some are so desperate that they'll even believe in something impossible. (I do hope one legal response Wexford expects to have happen regarding their cases won't. I think it would do more harm than good.)
Expect some commentary (comic relief?) on modern ideas in the person of Detective Sergeant Hannah Goldsmith, whom I doubt we are expected to admire because she doesn't treat others as she would like to be treated. To give one example, she wishes Wexford would remember to say 'Ms.,' but continues to call him 'guv' even after he's asked her not to do it. The beautiful DS Goldsmith and the equally handsome Detective Constable Baljinder 'Bal' Bhattacharya fancy each other, but have different expectations. Is the relationship doomed before it can start?
I've made no secret of the fact that I dislike Wexford's assistant, Detective Inspector Mike Burden. He's still a prig. In fact, he and Hannah Goldsmith are siblings under the skin because he's just as intolerant of liberal ideas as she is of traditional ones. I enjoyed a cat's response to his whispered insults in chapter 14. By the way, Burden has given up his beautiful suits to wear 'smart casual' clothing. Wexford's thought about Burden and jeans made me snicker even though I didn't agree. Burden may read more since he married Jenny, but he still doesn't recognize a line he remembers Wexford saying as a Shakespeare quotation (Hamlet -- I had to look up which play. See chapter 22).
I really liked the way the puzzle pieces were fit together. There's plenty of suspense in the climax.
Notes:
If you want the names of the victims of the murder attempt in chapter 1, they're given near the end of chapter six.
See chapter 15 for where Wexford's grandmother told him babies came from. (It's not the stork.)
Yes, poor parents in real life have been known to use a drawer for a baby's bed, as happens in chapter 26. Dad mentioned it when he told me about a relative who lost a baby to SIDS back before Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was known to exist.
Dog lovers, there are cameos of a West Highland, a pug, and a terrier. The first two belong to witnesses and the third to a victim's kin.
Cat Lovers, a lynx-sized cat named Ginger provides an invaluable service to the police just by needing to be rescued. You might enjoy the description of the home Ginger's human has provided him in chapter 14.
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LibraryThing member CasaBooks
Inspector Wexford - a psychological mystery thriller set in Britain.
Rendell is a favorite author and Wexford a favorite character.
Enjoyable.
Read in 2011.
Rendell is a favorite author and Wexford a favorite character.
Enjoyable.
Read in 2011.
LibraryThing member mikelito
Rendell at her Best: Ruth Rendell's latest Chief Inspector Wexford novel is as refreshing and easy to reads as always. There are a few new members of the team but Mike Burden is still at Kingsmarkham CID and Wexford's right hand man. The book opens with an attempted murder as a large slap of
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concrete is thrown from a bridge onto a car. The killer however gets the wrong car and it is not until a few weeks later that the young woman who was the intended victim is bludgeoned to death that the connection is made. The investigation is slow with few suspects then another young woman is killed and there is a connection between the two women. Earlier in the year they went to Frankfurt for a weekend although they were not close friends and in fact are not alike or from similar backgrounds. Is the trip to Frankfurt the reason for the deaths? Had the fact that Amber, the first victim, had been offered a London flat by her ex boyfriend's parents anything to do with her death? Did Megan try to blackmail Amber's killer and get killed herself? Were the couple smuggling drugs? Wexford and his colleagues explore all these possibilities in the search for a motive and a perpetrator. Show Less
LibraryThing member JohnGrant1
I've long been a great fan of Ruth Rendell's (and Barbara Vine's!) standalone psychological thrillers, but somehow I've never taken as much to her Inspector Wexford mysteries . . . even though I was devoted to their tv adaptations, many years ago, starring the excellent George Baker. The early
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books in the series didn't quite hook me the way various of their rivals did; the later ones seem to me undecided as to whether to be psychological thrillers or detective novels, and end up dithering somewhere in between. All of that said, a mediocre Rendell novel is better than many other crime writers can manage at the top of their game.In this one, a local Kingsmarkham lass is beaten to death with a lump of concrete. Soon Wexford and his team realize this was in fact the second attempt on the girl's life: a few months earlier, someone had dropped a concrete block off a bridge in hopes of killing her, but had hit the wrong car. And, as the police deepen their investigation, another young woman connected with the case is bumped off, presumably by the same killer intent on covering up his tracks. In due course Wexford discovers the women were operating a particularly mean scam; unearthing this leads him to criminals aplenty, but he has to go a step further to identify the true murderer.
All in all, good entertainment despite one or two loud plot-creaks.
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LibraryThing member JulesJones
20th in the Inspector Wexford series. A man lies awake worrying about his daughter who's out late. She's often out late, but that doesn't stop him worrying, and this time he's right. When he goes out at first light to look for her, what he finds is her murdered body.
Wexford's worrying about his own
The plot's good, but I didn't enjoy this book as much as I have some of the earlier Wexfords. A major part of this is that Wexford's sidekick is such a cardboard stereotype of a humourless politically correct social justice activist who can't see her own prejudices that I felt I was being lectured. I nearly abandoned the book because I found it so irritating. I don't regret sticking with it, but it's not one I'm inclined to re-read.
Wexford's worrying about his own
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daughter, who has announced that she's going to be a surrogate mother for her ex-husband and his new partner. The murder of a teenage single mother is a little too close to home for him. And that's before there is a second murder of a young woman. The murders are clearly linked, but how?The plot's good, but I didn't enjoy this book as much as I have some of the earlier Wexfords. A major part of this is that Wexford's sidekick is such a cardboard stereotype of a humourless politically correct social justice activist who can't see her own prejudices that I felt I was being lectured. I nearly abandoned the book because I found it so irritating. I don't regret sticking with it, but it's not one I'm inclined to re-read.
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LibraryThing member Bellettres
Good mystery, dealing with surrogacy, both legal and criminal. Several related plots kept me interested. Have always loved Wexford and his family. Ruth Rendell writes so well, adding food for thought to the mystery itself.
LibraryThing member heidijane
Like all good mystery stories, this had plenty of twists and turns, including a surprise at the end. A bit like Agatha Christie in that there was a long description of who did what to whom and how and why etc towards the end. A good read, but nothing special.
LibraryThing member nyiper
I love listening to the Chief Inspector Wexford's series. The reader, John Lee, is terrific with his different voices for each of the characters. I thoroughly enjoy the way Rendell has at least two or three stories all going at once which all interweave in some way. A great mystery story and I
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LibraryThing member Figgles
Bit more forced than Harm Done but still a good read
LibraryThing member annbury
Ruth Rendell's ability to maintain the quality of her Inspector Wexford series is really impressive. So is her ability to move with the times -- the Inspector ages, but adapts (with some bemusement) to the changing mores around him. This one, number twenty in the series, starts with the murder of a
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young woman, and proceeds through a web of characters and events -- including another murder. Along the way, we spend considerable time with the Inspector's politically-correct but endearing Sargent Hannah, and with other police characters. Meanwhile, there is drama in the Wexford family: what kind of drama I will leave to the reader, except to note that yes, it involves Sylvia. Altogether a very good read. I am so sad that I am nearing the end of the series, but there does lie before me the prospect of all the non-Wexford Ruth Rendells. Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2005
Physical description
336 p.; 6.38 inches
ISBN
0091796415 / 9780091796419
DDC/MDS
| 823.914 |