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Ruth Rendell
No More Dying Then
Book #6 of the Inspector Wexford series
See the list of Inspector Wexford books in order

No More Dying Then

Will you be able to get to the bottom of the mystery multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell presents in No More Dying Then? Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this with its compelling drama and intricately woven web of murder, mystery, clues and crimes…

‘Ruth Rendell has quite simply transformed the genre of crime writing’ — Sunday 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
‘Didn’t want to stop reading it!’ — ***** Reader review
‘Excellent book – had me gripped from the start’ — ***** Reader review
‘Great writing as always by the mistress of crime novels’ — ***** Reader review
‘A must read’– ***** Reader review

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On a stormy February afternoon, little Stella Rivers disappears – never to be seen again. There are no clues, no demands and no traces. And there is nowhere for Wexford and his team to look. All that remains is the cold fear and awful dread that touches everyone in Kingsmarkham.

Just months later, another child vanishes – five-year-old John Lawrence. Wexford and Inspector Burden are launched into another investigation and, all too quickly, they discover chilling similarities to the Stella Rivers case.

Then the letters begin. The horrifying, evil, threatening letters of a madman.

And suddenly Wexford is fighting against time to find the missing boy, before he meets the same fate as poor Stella…

Author: Ruth Rendell
Published: 1972
Page Count: 265

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