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A NEW LEASE OF DEATH.
by RENDELL, RUTH
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- first
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967., 1967. First edition. First U. S. edition. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear to the head of spine. Chief Inspector Wexford must investigate the murder of an elderly woman killed in her home by the blow from an axe, She had been murdered sixteen years before and the killer had been brought to justice and executed. But now a clergyman comes forth and with reasons of his own, has a curious motive for championing a convicted killer, and for trying to change the course of history. His unrelenting pursuit of the truth affects the lives of four young women, who still bear the scars from the original ordeal.The author's fourth novel and the second Inspector Wexford mystery novel. Crime Club mystery title.
Synopsis
A New Lease of Death is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1967. it is the 3rd entry in her popular Inspector Wexford series. (The novel was titled "The Sins of the Fathers" in the USA.)
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32834
- Title
- A NEW LEASE OF DEATH.
- Author
- RENDELL, RUTH
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1967
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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.
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