From Doon with death
by Ruth Rendell
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A 50th anniversary edition of the first Inspector Wexford novel, with an introduction by Ian Rankin and a new afterword by Ruth Rendell. An ordinary life. An extraordinary death. The trampled grass led to the body of Margaret Parsons. With no useful clues and a victim known only for her mundane life, Chief Inspector Wexford is baffled until he discovers Margaret's dark secret - a collection of rare books, each inscribed from a secret lover and signed only as 'Doon'. Who is Doon? And could the answer hold the key to Wexford solving his first case? "If crime fiction is currently in rude good health, its practitioners striving to better the craft and keep it fresh, vibrant and relevant, this is in no small part thanks to Ruth Rendell."
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Mystery, Police, Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character), Fiction, Thriller, English Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Inspector Wexford (fictional character), detective story, British detective, Kingsmarkham (England : Imaginary place), Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Wexford, inspector (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, crime, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditionalPlaces
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From Doon with death
2014, Arrow Books, Arrow
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- 50th anniversary edition.
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Originally published: London: Long, 1964.
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"'I THINK YOU'RE GETTING THINGS A BIT OUT OF proportion, Mr Parsons,' Burden said."
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Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. These are the hallmarks of crime legend Ruth Rendell, “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world” (Time magazine). From Doon with Death, now in a striking new paperback edition, is her classic debut novel -- and the book that introduced one of the most popular sleuths of the twentieth century.
There is nothing extraordinary about Margaret Parsons, a timid housewife in the quiet town of Kingsmarkham, a woman devoted to her garden, her kitchen, her husband. Except that Margaret Parsons is dead, brutally strangled, her body abandoned in the nearby woods.
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