The Babes in the Wood: A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery
de Rendell, Ruth
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 140004930X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400049301
- Librería
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Georgetown, Texas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First American Edition with full number line. . Chief Inspector Wexford, No. 20 . After weeks of rain, Chief Inspector Wexford has just finished moving his books and furniture upstairs to protect them from the rising waters when the telephone rings. Two local teenagers and their babysitter have gone missing. Wexford isnt particularly worried, since these things usually sort themselves out. But as hours stretch into days, he begins to suspect he has a kidnapping on his hands. The stakes get even higher when a member of the missing trio turns up dead in the woods nearby. In the course of his investigation, Wexford must deal with a neighbor whose alibi is questionable, a religious cult and its sylvan rituals, someone close to the childrens family who nurses a terrible secret, and the babysitters ex-husband, who reveals the womans hidden penchant for violence. In <I>The Babes in the Wood</I>, Ruth Rendell draws the reader into a riveting story that alternates between Chief Inspector Wexfords domestic lifehis worries about the security of his home and his daughters odd new boyfriendand his determination to see through a kaleidoscope of lies and bring a murderer to justice. .
Sinopsis
Ruth Rendell has won numerous awards, including three Edgars and the Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America, and four Gold Daggers, one Silver Dagger, and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from Britain’s prestigious Crime Writers’ Association. She lives in London.
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- Librería
- Storbeck's (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 601201
- Título
- The Babes in the Wood: A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery
- Autor
- Rendell, Ruth
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 140004930X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400049301
- Editorial
- Crown Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Palabras clave
- ENGLAND, FICTION, WEXFORD, FICTITIOUS, CHARACTER, MYSTERY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction / Mystery/Detective;
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