THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KATE HAMER
'If crime fiction is currently in rude good health . . . this is in no small part thanks to Ruth Rendell'
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THE TIMES
AN ORDINARY LIFE. AN EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.
The trampled grass led to the body of Margaret Parsons.
With no useful clues and a victim known only for her mundane life, Chief Inspector Wexford is baffled until he discovers Margaret's dark secret - a collection of rare books, each inscribed from a secret lover and signed only as 'Doon'.
Who is Doon? And could the answer hold the key to Wexford solving his first case?
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