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From Doon With Death: A Wexford Case - 50th Anniversary Edition

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By (author): Ruth Rendell

Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this gripping crime thriller full of twists and turns from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. This edition has an introduction from Ian Rankin and an afterword by the author.

'If crime fiction is currently in rude good health, its practitioners striving to better the craft and keep it fresh, vibrant and relevant, this is in no small part thanks to Ruth Rendell.' --
IAN RANKIN
'A classic mystery, as true to life now as it was half a century ago' - MAIL ONLINE
'Ruth Rendell's mesmerising capacity to shock, chill and disturb is unmatched' - THE TIMES
'This is not just a crime novel, it is a wonderfully written novel with crime in it.' -- ***** Reader review
'A real page turner.' -- ***** Reader review

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AN ORDINARY LIFE. AN EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.

The trampled grass led to the body of Margaret Parsons.

With no useful clues and a victim known only for her mundane life, Chief Inspector Wexford is baffled until he discovers Margaret's dark secret - a collection of rare books, each inscribed from a secret lover and signed only as 'Doon'.

Who is Doon? And could the answer hold the key to Wexford solving his first case?

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Product Details
  • Weight: 159g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 22 May 2014
  • Publisher: Cornerstone
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780099588542

About Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel From Doon With Death was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective Inspector Reginald Wexford who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels.With worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies Rendell was a regular Sunday Times bestseller. Her sixty bestselling novels include police procedurals some of which have been successfully adapted for TV stand-alone psychological mysteries and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Very much abreast of her times the Wexford books in particular often engaged with social or political issues close to her heart.Rendell won numerous awards including the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for 1976s best crime novel with A Demon in My View a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986 and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.Ruth Rendell died in May 2015. Her final novel Dark Corners was published in October 2015.

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