London's Inspector Wexford has two cases to solvea murdered wife and a missing husbandin this double dose of a ';masterful series' (Los Angeles Times). Now in one volume, two novels in ';one of the best-written detective series in the genre's history,' from a New York Timesbestselling and three-time Edgar Awardwinning author (The Washington Post). The Veiled One: ';Why on earth?' wonders London's chief inspector Reginald Wexford when a sixtyish housewife is found garroted in a shopping mall garage, her body concealed under a velvet shroud. Before he can find the answer, he's nearly killed himselfby a politically motivated car bombing targeting his activist daughter. With the inspector in the hospital, the case falls to his partner, Mike Burden. But when a strange mother and son are suspected, Burdon's trail leads him down a very twisted road. An Unkindness of Ravens: When a neighbor's husband vanishes, Chief Inspector Wexford suspects the cad most likely ran off with one of his girlfriends. However, there are a few nagging concerns, like the man's suspicious letter of resignation and his abandoned car. And is it just a fluke that his disappearance coincides with a rash of stabbingsall straight through the heart, all with male victims? Behind the seemingly placid domesticity of Wexford's Sussex neighbors, there's a growing web of tangling secrets, double lives, and triple-crosses. An Edgar Award finalist, this is a ';mystery of the highest order' (The New Yorker).
| ISBN: | 9781504048965 |
| Publication date: | 5th December 2017 |
| Author: | Rendell, Ruth |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Format: | Ebook |
London's Inspector Wexford has two cases to solvea murdered wife and a missing husbandin this double dose of a ';masterful series' (Los Angeles Times). Now in one volume, two novels in ';one of the best-written detective series in the genre's history,' from a New York Timesbestselling and three-time Edgar Awardwinning author (The Washington Post). The Veiled One: ';Why on earth?' wonders London's chief inspector Reginald Wexford when a sixtyish housewife is found garroted in a shopping mall garage, her body concealed under a velvet shroud. Before he can find the answer, he's nearly killed himselfby a politically motivated car bombing targeting his activist daughter. With the inspector in the hospital, the case falls to his partner, Mike Burden. But when a strange mother and son are suspected, Burdon's trail leads him down a very twisted road. An Unkindness of Ravens: When a neighbor's husband vanishes, Chief Inspector Wexford suspects the cad most likely ran off with one of his girlfriends. However, there are a few nagging concerns, like the man's suspicious letter of resignation and his abandoned car. And is it just a fluke that his disappearance coincides with a rash of stabbingsall straight through the heart, all with male victims? Behind the seemingly placid domesticity of Wexford's Sussex neighbors, there's a growing web of tangling secrets, double lives, and triple-crosses. An Edgar Award finalist, this is a ';mystery of the highest order' (The New Yorker).
Two Inspector Wexford Mysteries is available in Ebook
Two Inspector Wexford Mysteries was written by Rendell, Ruth and published by Open Road Media
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