Book
Mystery

Track this book

You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
Sign up to track
Add to list

About

Classic Crime Fiction from "The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time."Most people would have screamed. Mrs Hathall made no sound. She had seen death many times before, but she had never before seen a death by violence. Heavily, she plodded across the room and descended the stairs to where her son waited. 'There's been an accident,' she said. 'Your wife's dead.'Chief Inspector Wexford could discover no motive, no reason, no suspect - al he had were his own intuitive suspicions. Probably he was reading meaning where there was none; probably Angela Hathall really had picked up a stranger,…

More by Ruth Rendell

All books

More like this

Reviews

Rating integrity

Healthy
Counted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.

Editions

20 editions · 3 languages
  • Audiobook · English · 2011
    Audiogo · 9780792776086
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    Random House Publishing Group · 9781409068402
  • Paperback · English · 2010
    Arrow · 288 pages · 9780099534884
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    MacMillan · 9780230722637
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Shake Hands Forever (Level 4)
    Macmillan Readers · 9780230732131
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307559616
FictionPoliceInspector Wexford (Fictitious character)MysteryFiction, mystery & detective, generalEngland, fictionLarge type booksReaders