Wolf to the Slaughter - Couverture souple

Rendell, Ruth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0345345207 ISBN 13 : 9780345345202

Editeur : Fawcett Books, 1989

Synopsis

Book by Rendell Ruth

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

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 1976’s 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, is scheduled for publication in October 2015

Quatrième de couverture

'You have a lot to learn,' said Chief Inspector Wexford. 'We're not here to make "cases" but to see right is done.'

Anita Margolis has vanished. Dark and exquisite, Anita's character is as mysterious as her disappearance. But with no body and no apparent crime, seemingly there's nothing to be investigated.

Until Wexford receives an anonymous note claiming 'a girl called Ann' was killed the very night Anita disappeared.

With only one questionable lead to follow, Wexford and Inspector Burden are compelled to make enquiries. They soon discover Anita is wealthy, flighty, and thoroughly immoral. Burden has a very clear idea of what has happened to her. But Wexford has his own suspicions...

'The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time' Patricia Cornwell

A WEXFORD CASE
Chief Inspector Wexford is one of the most memorable detectives ever created.
Ruth Rendell's timeless Wexford novels continue to intrigue, enthral and surprise readers time and time again.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fawcett Books
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0345345207
• ISBN 13: 9780345345202
• Reliure: Poche
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible