Not in the Flesh (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by Ruth Rendell
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Author: Ruth RendellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-02
ISBN: 0307388786
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Another unputdownable treat from Ruth Rendell
Summary: 5 Stars
The Dales of Yorkshire are the venue for the books by a couple of today's finest British crime writers. Having just finished Peter Robinson's latest book "Friend of the Devil", Ruth Rendell's brand new Inspector Wexford novel "Not in The Flesh" conveniently landed in my mail box and made for some more first class reading from another dependable master.
This time a body is found by Jim Belbury and his dog Honey searching for truffles in a wood outside Kingsmarkham. According to the medical examiner, the body has lain buried 10-11 years and a computer search for missing persons at that time is started. Chief Inspector Wexford knows that a long investigation lies ahead. People go missing at an alarming rate in Britain, somewhat like 500 a day nationwide.
Then another body is found in a cottage cellar only twenty yeards away from the woodland burial site and the detection skills of Wexford, his assistand Burden and the rest of the Kingsmarkham Police Force are tested to the utmost in order to solve the murders and fine out whether they might possibly be connected.
Chief Inspector Wexford is yet another great detective personality who over the years has come to seem like a dear old friend. As with Robinson's Alan Banks, we also get to know about Wexford's private life. His wife Dora, his two daughters and his special love for his youngest daughter Sheila.
Wexford is a peaceful, down to the earth kind of man. No dashing hero, but just as attractive in his own special way. In fact, Wexford is a bit like everybody's grandfather. Being among the last of a generation uncomfortable with and strange to computers and other technical wonders in today's world, he trusts his instincts and experience - and with great results at that.
Another thing about the Wexford series. It's very English. Of course, Kingsmarkham is not untouched by a modern and changing England. There is for instance a small colony of immigrants from Somalia in the town. However, the description of Kingsmarkham and surroundings, its population, traditions, the way people talk - it's not only very non-urbane, but a bit like a breath from an almost forgotten time. Blessedly oldfashioned and oddly peaceful in spite of the horrible crimes being investigated.
Ruth Rendell has written numerous of other books, usually deemed by reviewers to be better than the Wexford series. However, the Wexford books are my favourite Rendell novels. Having read and enjoyed them all, "Not in the Flesh" was another unputdownable treat. A great concept from a superb writer.
Summary of Not in the Flesh (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
After a truffle-hunting dog unearths a human hand instead of a precious fungus, Chief Inspector Wexford and his team proceed to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the errant appendage among the eighty-five people who have disappeared over the past decade in this part of England. 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.Literature & Fiction Books
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