Harm Done: An Inspector Wexford Mystery - Rilegato

Rendell, Ruth

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ISBN 10: 060960547X ISBN 13: 9780609605479

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 1999

Riassunto

Inspector Wexford confronts the terrifying world of domestic violence when a series of kidnappings leads back to his own daughter's volunteer work at a shelter for battered women. 50,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Ruth Rendell is the recipient of three Edgar awards, four Gold Daggers, the Commander of the British Empire Award, and the most prestigious Edgar of them all, the Grand Master Award. She lives in London.

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izzie came back from the dead, the police and her family and neighbors had already begun to search for her body. She had been missing for three days. Never an articulate child, between her confusion and amnesia she could not plausibly describe where she'd been or why she'd been away. Soon after, a convicted pedophile is released back into the community, adding to the already heightened fears of parents in the Muriel Campden Estate where he lives. Then the child of a wealthy executive disappears, and not long after, a suspect in the kidnapping is found stabbed to death.<br><br>Chief Inspector Wexford is charged with solving the mysterious disappearances, protecting a pedophile, and catching a killer. As he searches for connections, he finds himself focusing on domestic violence. His daughter, Sylvia, a social worker, has come to work nearby in a refuge for battered women called The Hide. Her marriage is also strained, although her husband has never raised a hand to her. Others in Kingsmarkham are

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 060960547X
• ISBN 13: 9780609605479
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 346
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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