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Chief Inspector Wexford, injured in a car bombing, must rely on Detective Mike Burden to catch a killer in what appears to be a murder without motive Chief Inspector Wexford couldn’t know that the bundle of rags in the parking garage concealed a body. He’d just been doing a bit of light shopping, after all, not looking for dead housewives. Wexford won’t be on the case for long; a car bomb sends him to the hospital, and Inspector Mike Burden must match wits with a would-be murderer. But just how close to the edge of madness must Burden go to catch a killer? With rich characterization Rendell plumbs the depths of human character, revealing the secrets that lie hidden in the most ordinary lives.
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The Veiled One, Ruth Rendell
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- Released
- 1989
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- Title
- The Veiled One
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ruth Rendell
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 312
- ISBN10
- 0345359941
- ISBN13
- 9780345359940
- Series
- Inspector Wexford
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Love, Thriller, Relationships, Murders, Detective Fiction, British Literature, England, Psychological Thrillers, Detective, English Literature, Mental Illness, Family secrets, Mothers and Sons
- First published
- 1988
- Original title
- The Veiled One
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- Chief Inspector Wexford, injured in a car bombing, must rely on Detective Mike Burden to catch a killer in what appears to be a murder without motive Chief Inspector Wexford couldn’t know that the bundle of rags in the parking garage concealed a body. He’d just been doing a bit of light shopping, after all, not looking for dead housewives. Wexford won’t be on the case for long; a car bomb sends him to the hospital, and Inspector Mike Burden must match wits with a would-be murderer. But just how close to the edge of madness must Burden go to catch a killer? With rich characterization Rendell plumbs the depths of human character, revealing the secrets that lie hidden in the most ordinary lives.