What connects a kidnapped baby, a woman's body left to rot in a cove in Yugoslavia, a suspicious suicide and the century-old case of a wife who poisons her husband? The answer: British crime fiction's favourite detective, DCI Reg Wexford. In the first of five cases, Wexford is brought in to deal with a distraught mother whose baby girl has been swapped with an unknown baby boy. When a local priest discovers the missing baby, safe and sound, on the church steps, the hunt for the missing girl is quickly over. Mother and daughter are happily reunited, but the mystery of the baby boy remains unsolved. Then Wexford discovers Paddy Jasper has returned to Kingsmarkham, a man previously investigated by Wexford for violently abusing a child. Now Wexford fears the next reunion may not be as happy as the last...
| ISBN: | 9780099534921 |
| Publication date: | 4th February 2010 |
| Author: | Ruth Rendell |
| Publisher: | Arrow Books Ltd an imprint of Cornerstone |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Wexford |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Shorter Reads Thriller and Suspense |
What connects a kidnapped baby, a woman's body left to rot in a cove in Yugoslavia, a suspicious suicide and the century-old case of a wife who poisons her husband? The answer: British crime fiction's favourite detective, DCI Reg Wexford. In the first of five cases, Wexford is brought in to deal with a distraught mother whose baby girl has been swapped with an unknown baby boy. When a local priest discovers the missing baby, safe and sound, on the church steps, the hunt for the missing girl is quickly over. Mother and daughter are happily reunited, but the mystery of the baby boy remains unsolved. Then Wexford discovers Paddy Jasper has returned to Kingsmarkham, a man previously investigated by Wexford for violently abusing a child. Now Wexford fears the next reunion may not be as happy as the last...
Means Of Evil And Other Stories features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Shorter Reads, Thriller and Suspense
Means Of Evil And Other Stories is available in , CD-Audio, Paperback
Means Of Evil And Other Stories was written by Ruth Rendell and published by Arrow Books Ltd an imprint of Cornerstone
Means Of Evil And Other Stories has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Wexford series
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