Not in the Flesh [Inspector Wexford 21]
by Rendell, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F-/VG-
- ISBN 10
- 0575402253
- ISBN 13
- 9780575402256
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 2007 F-/VG-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed) in dustwrapper (closed tear at tail of spine); pp. [vi], 266. A very good copy. Number 21 in the Chief Inspector Wexford series of novels.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG-.
Synopsis
A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world." When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master's first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand.In Not in the Flesh, Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place eleven years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the eighty-five people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that's become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise.As Wexford painstakingly moves to resolve these multiple mysteries, long-buried secrets are brought to daylight, and Ruth Rendell once again proves why she has been hailed as our greatest living mystery writer.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022150
- Title
- Not in the Flesh [Inspector Wexford 21]
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575402253
- ISBN 13
- 9780575402256
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Ruth Rendell Not in the Flesh Inspector Wexford Crime Mystery
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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