Synopsis
FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, Ballantine #24421, published March 1975 1969. Original hardcover published by Doubleday 1969. An Inspector Wexford mystery. Cover blurb: “Charlie Hatton’s big promotion - from supporting role at the wedding to leading man at the funeral!” Original $1.25 cover price. Disc: Paperback, 183 pages, 18 cm.
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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.
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Ballantine, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0345244214
ISBN 13: 9780345244215
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