A guilty thing surprised

Rendell, Ruth. A guilty thing surprised. First US edition, flat-signed by the author to title page. Garden City, New York: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company Inc., 1970. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket, sunned to spine and spine edge, held in a protective transparent sleeve. Grey cloth with black lettering to spine. 191pp., contents clean and bright. The 5th entry in crime writer Rendell's bestselling Inspector Wexford series of novels. Elizabeth and Quentin Nightingale were a happy couple who lived quite graciously at Myfleet Manor in the gentle English countryside. Elizabeth Nightingale found peace and tranquility on her nightly walks through the rich, dense forests surrounding Myfleet Manor. But the peace she treasured was shattered one night when she found death waiting in the woods. Chief Inspector Wexford and his colleague Inspector Burden find a most unsavory case on their hands—and must use all their wit and wisdom to solve it. Ruth Rendell’s 1970 novel was longlisted for the Lost Man Booker, in 2010. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…