Wexford: An Omnibus

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Three original bestselling Detective Wexford stories, from the world's best living crime writer and author of bestselling psychological thrillers including Thirteen Steps Down. Three bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford murder mysteries in one volume- FROM DOON WITH DEATH Margaret Parsons was a predictable, ordinary woman, but now she had met a mysterious death of passion and violence for which there seemed no motive or clue... 'One of the best' - SUN A NEW LEASE OF DEATH There was no doubt in Chief Inspector Wexford's mind... Painter had commited the brutal crime and he'd been hanged for it. But now, fifteen years later, someone wants history changed and they are determined to prove the detective wrong, at any cost... 'A cause for celebration' - SPECTATOR THE BEST MAN TO DIE Was it just a coincidence that Charlie Hatton, a cocky little lorry driver, had been killed on the day following that of Mrs Fanshawe's regaining consciousness And was it murder or not 'The mistress of mystery' - DAILY MIRROR

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"Rendell's gift for characterisation illuminates every interview with a range of suspects and makes it a pleasure to watch Wexford and Burden at work" Sunday Telegraph "England's premier detective-thriller writer" Spectator "The Wexford books clearly display Rendell's great mastery of storytelling at its best" Sunday Telegraph "Here are the fears that haunt us, the nightmarish urban myths of our time... One of the most remarkable talents writing today" Jane Jakeman, Independent "Ruth Rendell has quite simply transformed the genre of crime writing. She displays her peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear" Sunday Times

Author Bio

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