The Veiled One. A Novel of Suspense **** Signed by Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell

ISBN 10: 0394572068 / ISBN 13: 9780394572062

Published by Pantheon, New York, U.S.A., 1988

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Hardback in jacket 1988. American edition. Author inscription: "Best wishes, Ruth Rendell". No other inscriptions. Clean & tight book Flat pages. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref P1. The Veiled One. A Novel of Suspense. **** Signed by Ruth Rendell *******.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Veiled One. A Novel of Suspense **** Signed by Ruth Rendell
• Publisher: Pantheon, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394572068
• ISBN 13: 9780394572062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: USA Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A terrorist bomb wounds Inspector Wexford, an ordinary Kingsmarkham housewife is murdered, Inspector Burdeu pressures a young suspect, Wexford's family is threatened, and Wexford seeks the connections

Reviews

Rendell's reputation for literary grace, ingenious plots and arresting characters is borne out again in her latest stunning mystery. Surprises abound in the case that bedevils Inspector Wexford and his partner, Mike Burden. When elderly Gwen Robson is found murdered in a shopping-mall garage, suspicion falls on Clifford, the neurotic son of widowed Dorothy Sanders, who reports the crime. At the same time, a bomb destroys Wexford's house and wounds him, leaving Burden temporarily in charge of the investigation. Later, the two detectives join forces again, but Wexford is partly distracted by worries about his actress daughter Sheila, threatened because he has protested publicly against nuclear arms. The chief inspector's psychological insights make him doubt Burden's conviction of Clifford's guilt. Wexford's questioning of the victim's family and the suspect's neighbor, along with some careful study of the agony column in a magazineamong other peculiar sourcesleads him to the truth. It's a spellbinder.
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