Not in the flesh

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0307406814 / ISBN 13: 9780307406811

Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 2007

About this Item

303 p. 25 cm. ; First U.S. edition ; 1st printing.

Seller Inventory # 11012654

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Not in the flesh
• Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307406814
• ISBN 13: 9780307406811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery and suspense

About this title

Synopsis

A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.”

When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master’s first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand.

In Not in the Flesh, Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place eleven years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the eighty-five people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that’s become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise.

As Wexford painstakingly moves to resolve these multiple mysteries, long-buried secrets are brought to daylight, and Ruth Rendell once again proves why she has been hailed as our greatest living mystery writer.

About the Author

RUTH RENDELL has won numerous awards, including three Edgars, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as three Gold Daggers, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writer’s Association. A member of the House of Lords, she lives in London.