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SUMMARY: Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting ancient tombs and palaces with a group of British tourists. After their return to England, one of his fellow tourists is found murdered. As he questions other members of the group, Wexford finds secrets of greed, treachery, theft, and adultery, leading the distressed inspector to ask not who is innocent, but who is least guilty . . .]]> Sun, 27 Nov 1983 18:09:29 +0300 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/505103-the_copper_peacock.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/505103-the_copper_peacock.html
The Copper Peacock: a hideous bookmark given to Bernard, a writer, by his attractive cleaning lady, Judy. She had brought order to a hitherto chaotic life, but now the bookmark destroys all this, shattering his razor sharp sensibilities. If only she had given herself, then she might have lived...In this, and eight other landmark short stories, including the Wexford tale An Unwanted Woman, Ruth Rendell once again proves she is the mistress of crime and mystery genres.]]> Sat, 19 Nov 1994 12:29:38 +0200 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/505101-blood_lines.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/505101-blood_lines.html
'I think you know who killed your stepfather', said Wexford, and so begins this scintillating collection of long and short stories by the world's best living crime writer, Ruth Rendell. It was clear both to Wexford and Burden that Tom Peterlee was not killed for £360, but various people would have liked them to believe the lie. It is a case which reminds the Chief Inspector that there is only a thin line dividing the policeman from the criminal. The criminal impulse may be present in the most routine or intimate situation. The book ends with The Strawberry Tree, a disturbingly evocative novella-length tale of lost innocence, set on the island of Majorca. It is a triumphant conclusion to a collection of horror stories that linger in the mind.]]> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:29:36 +0200 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/505102-collected_short_stories.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/505102-collected_short_stories.html
Four collections of some of Ruth Rendell's greatest original crime thrillers.]]> Sat, 19 Nov 1994 12:29:37 +0200 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/421644-put_on_by_cunning.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/421644-put_on_by_cunning.html
SUMMARY: Sir Manuel Camargue's death was ruled Misadventure, yet in spite of himself, Chief Inspector Wexford has niggling doubts.Sir Manuel Camargue, one of the greatest flautists of his time, was dead. An old man, ankle-deep in snow, he lost his foothold in the dark, slipping into water to be trapped under a lid of ice. Only a glove remained to point where he lay, one of its fingers pointing up out of the drifts.There's nothing Chief Inspector Wexford likes better than an open-and-shut case. They're so restful. And yet there are one or two niggling doubts — and the disturbing return of Camargue's daughter, now a considerable heiress, after an absence of nineteen years.Is Wexford going to listen to that nagging inner voice of his? And if he does, what exactly does he plan to do?]]> Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:20:11 +0200 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/434043-wexford_6_-_no_more_dying_then.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/434043-wexford_6_-_no_more_dying_then.html
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SUMMARY: It was a brutal, vicious crime -- sixteen years old. A helpless old woman battered to death with an axe. Harry Painter hung for it, and Chief Inspector Wexford is certain they executed the right man. But Reverend Archery has doubts . . . because his son wants to marry the murderer's beautiful, brilliant daughter. He begins unravelling the past, only to discover that murder breeds murder -- and often conceals even deeper secrets . . .]]> Thu, 27 Nov 1986 01:53:37 +0300 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/425808-the_killing_doll.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/425808-the_killing_doll.html
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The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elderly lady in her home. Even more so when it's your first murder case.Wexford believed he'd solved Mrs Primero's murder fifteen years ago. It was no real mystery. Everyone knew Painter, her odd-job man, had done it. There had never been any doubt in anyone's mind. Until now...Henry Archery's son is engaged to Painter's daughter. Only Archery can't let the past remain buried. He wants to prove Wexford wrong, and in probing into the lives of the witnesses questioned all those years ago, he stirs up more than old ghosts.]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:21:29 +0200 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/434046-to_fear_a_painted_devil.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/434046-to_fear_a_painted_devil.html
Gossip in tiny Linchester is raised to new heights when young Patrick Selby dies on the night of his beautiful wife's birthday party. The whole neighborhood was there, witness to the horrible attack of wasps Peter suffered at the end of the evening. But did Peter die of the stings? Dr. Greenleaf thinks not. After all, wasps aren't the only creatures that kill with poison . . .]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:09:29 +0200 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/434039-wolf_to_the_slaughter.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/434039-wolf_to_the_slaughter.html
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Philip Wardman had more than just the ordinary squeamishness where death was concerned. Yet he could hardly avoid the suspicious disappearance of his sister's friend Rebecca Neave, especially when everyone was ascribing the cause to murder. Philip's feminine ideal is the statue of the Roman goddess Flora in his mother's garden. His marble Flora doesn't fade, doesn't alter, doesn't die. But then he meets Senta Pelham, a beautiful, sensual, childlike actress and a living incarnation of the statue. The two embark on a passionate affair that soon becomes dangerous when Senta sets Philip a test; to prove their love, they must each commit murder.]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:33:28 +0200 https://library.land/ruth-rendell/423273-shake_hands_forever.html https://library.land/ruth-rendell/423273-shake_hands_forever.html
SUMMARY: The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled.According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed to gain entry and strangle her without a struggle? That is the problem facing Inspector Wexford in Shake Hands Forever. Perhaps it was the mystery woman who left her fingerprints on the Hathall's bathtub? Perhaps it was Angela's husband who lied about a stolen library book? And why was the Hathall home, usually so unkempt, exqisitely clean the day of Angela's death? Then a neighbor--friendly, knowing, disarmingly beautiful--offers Wexford her assistance. And what begins as a rather tricky case turns into an obsession that threatens to destroy the Inspector's career--as well as his marriage. Maddeningly addictive, smart and surprising, Shake Hands Forever showcases Ruth Rendell at the height of her storytelling powers.]]> Mon, 27 Nov 2000 01:53:37 +0200