Not in the Flesh: A Wexford Novel (Inspector Wexford Mystery)
by Ruth Rendell
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Author: Ruth RendellEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-10
ISBN: 0307406814
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Crown
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Book Review: A tired Wexford
Summary: 4 Stars
This is not the best Wexford novel by any means but a mediocre Rendell book is far better than most out there. Wexford seems tired and I wish Rendell would retire him and focus on her other novels which I much more entertaining. This one especially seems cluttered with characters and the story line is often confusing. A sub-plot about female mutilation is totally unrelated to the main story and I honestly don't see why it is included. I also find characters who recall what they were doing on a certain date over ten years ago to be irritating and this book is full of them. I'm ready for another Barbara Vine novel!
Summary of Not in the Flesh: A Wexford Novel (Inspector Wexford Mystery)
A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master's first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand.
In Not in the Flesh, Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place eleven years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the eighty-five people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that's become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise.
As Wexford painstakingly moves to resolve these multiple mysteries, long-buried secrets are brought to daylight, and Ruth Rendell once again proves why she has been hailed as our greatest living mystery writer.
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