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Crocodile Bird Crocodile Bird Ruth Rendell Few people under the age of seventeen have read the whole of Virgil in Latin and witnessed two murders. But Liza Beck is no ordinary teenager. She has grown up alone with her mother, Eve, in the remo… OL12068W
Shake hands forever Shake hands forever John Escott,Ruth Rendell,Nigel Anthony 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… OL12071W
Simisola Simisola Ruth Rendell Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham. One of them is Wexford's new Doctor, Raymond Akande. When the doctor's daughter, Melanie, goes missing, the Chief Inspector takes more than just a pro… OL12076W
Murder being once done Murder being once done Ruth Rendell,Robin Bailey In a vast, gloomy, overgrown London cemetery, a girl is found murdered. A girl with a name that isn't here, and little else that is. A girl with no friends, no possessions and no past. Chief Inspe… OL12077W
The Lake of Darkness The Lake of Darkness Ruth Rendell Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in n… OL12079W
Master of the moor Master of the moor Ruth Rendell Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor. He considers it his, although he and his young wife Lyn are merely tenants in a flat nearby. But the senseless and frightening murder of a young woman invades S… OL12088W
Means Of Evil & Other St (Wexford Collection) Means Of Evil & Other St (Wexford Collection) Ruth Rendell Vijf verhalen met inspecteur Wexford in de hoofdrol. OL12091W
One across, two down One across, two down Ruth Rendell Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. Fo… OL12093W
A New Lease of Death A New Lease of Death Ruth Rendell,Nigel Anthony The second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Some cases are impossible to bury. It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elde… OL12094W
Road Rage (Inspector Wexford) Road Rage (Inspector Wexford) Ruth Rendell La construction d'une route va entraîner la disparition du grand bois de Framhust. Aussitôt les écologistes se mobilisent. Un groupe d'extrémistes va même jusqu'à kidnapper cinq personnes, dont la fe… OL12098W
Sight for Sore Eyes, A Sight for Sore Eyes, A Ruth Rendell Damaged children grow up in different ways. Some can shuffle off the horrors of the past. Others cannot change who they are, or will never know how. Teddy Grex became a handsome young man. Francine H… OL12106W
Some Lie And Some Die (Wexford Collection) Some Lie And Some Die (Wexford Collection) Ruth Rendell In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, until the hideously disfigured body is discovered in a nearby quarry. And soon Wexford is inves… OL12108W
Kissing the gunner's daughter Kissing the gunner's daughter Ruth Rendell Detective Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford remains cool in the face of massive media attention as he sets out to investigate the stabbing death of celebrity writer Davina Flory and her husband and da… OL12114W
An Unkindness of Ravens An Unkindness of Ravens Ruth Rendell UNKINDNESS: the collective word for a group of ravens. UNKINDNESS: the collective word for a group of ravens. They are not particularly predatory birds. . . but neither are they soft and submissive. … OL12116W
Grasshopper Grasshopper Ruth Rendell Clodagh Brown loved climbing. First it was trees. Later, as a teenager, she would scale the electrical pylons that tower over the English countryside like giant grasshoppers -- and share the experien… OL12123W
13 Steps Down 13 Steps Down Ruth Rendell Mix Cellini has just moved into a flat in a decaying house in Nottinghill, where he plans to pursue his two abiding passions--supermodel Nerissa Nash, whom he worships from afar, and the life of seri… OL12129W
Piranha to Scurfy Piranha to Scurfy Ruth Rendell In these pages, internationally celebrated novelist Ruth Rendell, author of Harm Done, offers a collection of unforgettable stories evocative of Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and other masters of th… OL12139W
Adam and Eve and pinch me Adam and Eve and pinch me Ruth Rendell A philanderer sponges off a sequence of women, one of whom eventually undoes him, which sets off a chain that undoes many other people. OL12147W
The Copper Peacock The Copper Peacock Ruth Rendell,Penelope Keith The Copper Peacock: a hideous bookmark given to Bernard, a writer, by his attractive cleaning lady, Judy. She had brought order to a hitherto chaotic life, but now the bookmark destroys all this, sha… OL12148W
The killing doll The killing doll Ruth Rendell An intense and disturbing novel from the UK's most loved crime writerThe winter before he was sixteen, Pup sold his soul to the devil. He wasn't quite sure what he was going to get in exchange. For t… OL12152W
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