Harm Done (Chief Inspector Wexford)

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 060960547X / ISBN 13: 9780609605479

Published by Crown, 1999

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Seller Inventory # 060960547X-3-20432664

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harm Done (Chief Inspector Wexford)
• Publisher: Crown
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 060960547X
• ISBN 13: 9780609605479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 23 ounces

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Synopsis

On the day Lizzie came back from the dead, the police and her family and neighbors had already begun to search for her body. She had been missing for three days. Never an articulate child, between her confusion and amnesia she could not plausibly describe where she'd been or why she'd been away. Soon after, a convicted pedophile is released back into the community, adding to the already heightened fears of parents in the Muriel Campden Estate where he lives. Then the child of a wealthy executive disappears, and not long after, a suspect in the kidnapping is found stabbed to death.

Chief Inspector Wexford is charged with solving the mysterious disappearances, protecting a pedophile, and catching a killer. As he searches for connections, he finds himself focusing on domestic violence. His daughter, Sylvia, a social worker, has come to work nearby in a refuge for battered women called The Hide. Her marriage is also strained, although her husband has never raised a hand to her. Others in Kingsmarkham are not so fortunate. As Wexford moves closer to the truth, he confronts the discomfiting lesson that when it comes to the inner life of families, justice is rarely as straightforward as the letter of the law.

About the Author

Ruth Rendell is the recipient of three Edgar awards, four Gold Daggers, the Commander of the British Empire Award, and the most prestigious Edgar of them all, the Grand Master Award. She lives in London.