An Unkindness of Ravens

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0091602009 / ISBN 13: 9780091602000

Published by Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, 1985

About this Item

First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£8.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 269pp. The thirteenth book to feature Chief Inspector Reg Wexford. The raven, not a particularly predatory bird, but far from soft and submissive, adopted as the symbol of a militant feminist group. Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he was merely doing a neighbourly good deed when he agreed to talk to Joy Williams about her missing husband. He certainly didn't expect to be investigating a most unusual homicide. Rodney Williams was neither handsome nor wealthy, but he had an unerring eye for a pretty girl and when he disappeared and two other men were later attacked by a young woman, Wexford couldn't help wondering if there was a connection. If there wasn't, where was Rodney Williams and why had he vanished? He had committed no crime, apart from telling his wife the occasional lie. Classic Ruth Rendell (1930-2015).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Unkindness of Ravens
• Publisher: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091602009
• ISBN 13: 9780091602000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket by Mark Harrison
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Rodney Williams's disappearance seems typical to Chief Inspector Wexford � a simple case of a man running off with a woman other than his wife. But when another woman reports that her husband is missing, the case turns unpleasantly complex.