No Man's Nightingale: (A Wexford Case) - Brossura

Rendell, Ruth

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ISBN 10: 0099585863 ISBN 13: 9780099585862

Casa editrice: Arrow, 2014

Riassunto

No Man's Nightingale: the eagerly anticipated twenty-fourth title in Ruth Rendell's bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.

Sarah Hussain was not popular with many people in the community of Kingsmarkham. She was born of mixed parentage - a white Irishwoman and an immigrant Indian Hindu. She was also the Reverend of St Peter's Church.

But it comes as a profound shock to everyone when she is found strangled in the Vicarage.

A garrulous cleaner, Maxine, also shared by the Wexfords, discovers the body. In his comparatively recent retirement, the former Detective Chief Inspector is devoting much time to reading, and is deep into Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. He has little patience with Maxine's prattle.

But when his old friend Mike Burden asks if he might like to assist on this case as Crime Solutions Adviser (unpaid), Wexford is obliged to pay more precise attention to all available information.

The old instincts have not been blunted by a life where he and Dora divide their time between London and Kingsmarkham. Wexford retains a relish for solving puzzles and a curiosity about people which is invaluable in detective work.

For all his experience and sophistication, Burden tends to jump to conclusions. But he is wise enough to listen to the man whose office he inherited, and whose experience makes him a most formidable ally.

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Recensione:

"Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world" (Ian Rankin)

"[A] wry and twisty mystery ― a joy to read." (Evening Standard)

"With every page, Rendell reminds us why she is the doyenne of murder mystery and still absolutely at the top of her game." (Birmingham Post)

Descrizione del libro:

No Man's Nightingale: the eagerly anticipated twenty-fourth title in Ruth Rendell's bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Arrow
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0099585863
• ISBN 13: 9780099585862
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 352