Kissing The Gunner's Daughter
an engrossing and absorbing Wexford mystery from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:15th Apr '93
Should be back in stock very soon
The fifteenth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down. It doesn't have to be Friday the thirteenth...
The fifteenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.
The thirteenth of May is famously the unluckiest day of the year.
Completely captivating, this is a spine-tingling page-turner of a mystery from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.
'The most brilliant mystery novelist' -- Patricia Cornwell
'Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding' -- The Times
'Stark, edgy and punchy' -- ***** Reader review
'This book kept me awake for nights on end!' -- ***** Reader review
'I just could not put it down' -- ***** Reader review
'Smashing' -- ***** Reader review
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The thirteenth of May is famously the unluckiest day of the year. Sergeant Caleb Martin of Kingsmarkham CID had no idea just how terminally unlucky it would prove, as he embarked upon his last day on earth...
Ten months later, Wexford is confronted with a murder scene of horrific brutality. At first the bloodbath at Tancred House looks like the desperate work of a burglar panicked into murder. The sole survivor of the massacre, seventeen-year-old Daisy Flory, remembers the events imperfectly, and her confused account of the fatal night seems to confirm this theory.
But more and more, Chief Inspector Wexford is convinced that the crime lies closer to home, and that it has sinister links to the murder of Sergeant Martin...
A very great pleasure ... Beyond praise, completely compelling - will delight all Wexford's admirers -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding * The Times *
The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time * Patricia Cornwell *
ISBN: 9780099249115
Dimensions: 181mm x 110mm x 26mm
Weight: 225g
416 pages