From Doon with Death
The First Inspector Wexford Novel (Mortalis.)
by Ruth Rendell
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Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that catch and hold like a noose. These are the hallmarks of crime legend Ruth Rendell, “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world” (Time magazine). From Doon with Death, now in a striking new paperback edition, is her classic debut novel -- and the book that introduced one of the most popular sleuths of the twentieth century.
There is nothing extraordinary about Margaret Parsons, a timid housewife in the quiet town of Kingsmarkham, a woman devoted to her garden, her kitchen, her husband. Except that Margaret Parsons is dead, brutally strangled, her body abandoned in the nearby woods.
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From Doon with death
2014, Arrow Books, Arrow
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- 50th anniversary edition.
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From Doon with Death: The First Inspector Wexford Novel (Mortalis.)
June 26, 2007, Ballantine Books
Paperback
in English
- Reprint edition
0345498453 9780345498458
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"'I THINK YOU'RE GETTING THINGS A BIT OUT OF proportion, Mr Parsons,' Burden said."
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"'I THINK YOU'RE GETTING THINGS A BIT OUT OF proportion, Mr Parsons,' Burden said."
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