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Inspector Wexford og hans assistent Michael Burden behandler fem små sager.
Indeholder "Author's Note", "Means of Evil", "Old Wives' Tales", "Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle", "Achilles Heel", "When the Wedding Was Over".
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"Means of Evil"
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Innocence is in the eye of the beholder ... A collection of short stories, ranging from crimes of passion and violence in Kingsmarkham to a bizarre murder in Yugoslavia, featuring the world-famous Detective Chief Inspector Wexford.'I just know,' said Chief Inspector Wexford. 'I know what you thought and I know what you did.'What connects a kidnapped baby, a woman's body left to rot in a cove in Yugoslavia, a suspicious suicide and the century-old case of a wife who poisons her husband? The answer: Wexford.In the first of five cases, Wexford is brought in to deal with a distraught mother whose baby girl has been swapped with an unknown baby boy. When a local priest discovers the missing baby, safe and sound, on the church steps, the hunt for the missing girl is quickly over.Mother and daughter are happily reunited, but the mystery of the baby boy remains unsolved. Then Wexford discovers Paddy Jasper has returned to Kingsmarkham, a man previously investigated by Wexford for violently abusing a child. Now Wexford fears the next reunion may not be as happy as the last ...… (more)
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Omslagsfoto: Douglas Fisher
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Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
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