Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this captivating and compelling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Mesmerically gripping, it highlights that fame can come at a price - and that that price can be lethal. 'The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time' -- Patricia Cornwell '[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age' -- Herald 'Had me gripped from the start' -- ***** Reader review 'Brilliant' -- ***** Reader review ...
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Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this captivating and compelling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Mesmerically gripping, it highlights that fame can come at a price - and that that price can be lethal. 'The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time' -- Patricia Cornwell '[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age' -- Herald 'Had me gripped from the start' -- ***** Reader review 'Brilliant' -- ***** Reader review 'Rendell is a master of psychological suspense' -- ***** Reader review **************************************************************************************** When the body of a brutally beaten girl is found in a quarry during a hedonistic hippy festival near Kingsmarkham , Wexford is first on the scene. The victim's face has been pulped by the back-end of a bottle, but who, in this atmosphere of peace and love, could be capable of such violence? The body is that of local girl turned stripper Dawn Stonor , but it is the unlikely link between this ill-fated girl and the mysterious folk-singer Zeno Vedast that piques Wexford's interest. Through an intricate web of lies and deceit, Wexford uncovers a history of love and hate that began years earlier. In all his years of police work, he has never been faced with a crime of such desperate passion...
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