A New Lease Of Death: the second gripping and captivating murder mystery featuring Inspector Wexford from...

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Ruth Rendell

A New Lease Of Death

the second gripping and captivating murder mystery featuring Inspector Wexford from the award-winning...

Ruth Rendell

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Arrow
15 October 2009

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Classic crime; Thriller & suspense

Series: Wexford

The second book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series. Perfect for both collectors and new fans of award-winning crime novelist Ruth Rendell, who has written classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.

Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this mesmerising and bone-chilling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. You'll be hooked from page one!

'If crime fiction is currently in rude good health, its practitioners striving to better the craft and keep it fresh, vibrant and relevant, this is in no small part thanks to Ruth Rendell.' -- Ian Rankin 'One of the best novelists writing today' - PD James ' Ruth Rendell has a

peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear' - Sunday Times 'As usual, brilliant, yes murder but also a lot more, guilt, jealousy and a surprise at the end!!' --
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SOME CASES ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO BURY.

It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elderly lady in her home. Even more so when it's your first murder case.

Wexford believed he'd solved Mrs Primero's murder fifteen years ago. It was no real mystery. Everyone knew Painter, her odd-job man, had done it. There had never been any doubt in anyone's mind. Until now...

Henry Archery's son is engaged to Painter's daughter. Only Archery can't let the past remain buried. He wants to prove Wexford wrong...

When he starts probing the lives of the witnesses questioned all those years ago, he stirs up more than old ghosts.

Wexford's first case was From Doon with Death. Have you read it? His work continues in Wolf to the Slaughter.

By: Ruth Rendell
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 206g
ISBN: 9780099534792
ISBN 10: 0099534797
Series: Wexford
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 October 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruth Rendell has won many awards for her writing, 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, the 1990 Sunday Times Literary award, and the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger. In 1996 she was awarded a CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.

Reviews for A New Lease Of Death: the second gripping and captivating murder mystery featuring Inspector Wexford from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell.

A firm grasp of social concerns ensure that her novels are reflective of our own times, as well as hugely absorbing -- Louise Welsh * The Times * Ruth Rendell's mesmerising capacity to shock, chill and disturb is unmatched * The Times * Rendell never fails to come up trumps, and her millions of admirers will eagerly consume this offering as they have all the others * The Irish Times * 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 * One of the best novelists writing today -- P.D. James