The best man to die - Softcover

Rendell, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345244214 ISBN 13: 9780345244215

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1975

Synopsis

STATED FIRST PRINTING. March 1975 Ballantine Books mass market paperback, Ruth Rendell (The Girl Next Door: A Novel). Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? And Charlie's death was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be the prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? And Charlie's death was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. Now Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer . . .

About the Author:

Ruth Rendell is the author of Road Rage, The Keys to the Street, Bloodlines, Simisola, and The Crocodile Bird. She is the winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. She is also the recipient of three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and four Gold Daggers from Great Britain’s Crime Writers Association. In 1997, she was named a life peer in the House of Lords. Rendell also writes mysteries under the name of Barbara Vine, of which A Dark-Adapted Eye is the most famous. She lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0345244214
• ISBN 13: 9780345244215
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 183