Publisher |
Arrow Books Ltd |
Publication Year |
2007 |
ISBN-13 |
9780099517221 |
ISBN-10 |
9780099517221 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
272 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Dimensions (Cms) |
11 x 2.4 x 17.8 |
Weight (grms) |
350 |
Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury - a human hand. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton sheet. The post mortem can not reveal the precise cause of death. The only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Although it covers a relatively short period of time, the police computer stores a long list of missing persons. Men, women and children disappear at an alarming rate, something like 500 every day nationwide. So Wexford knows he is going to have a job on his hands to identify the corpse. And then, only about twenty yards away from the woodland burial site, in the cellar of a disused cottage, another body is found
Ruth Rendell
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.
Ruth Rendell
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