No man's nightingale : an Inspector Wexford novel
Record details
- ISBN: 147674713X (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781476747132 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1476744483 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781476744483 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781476744483
- ISBN: 1476744483
- ISBN: 9781476744483 : HRD
- ISBN: 1476744483 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781476744483 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1476744483 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781476747132 (paperback)
- ISBN: 147674713X (paperback)
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Physical Description:
275 pages ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2013.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "A female Vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham Vicarage. The gossipy cleaning woman who discovers her body, Maxine, happens to also be in the employ of retired Chief Inspector Wexford and his wife. When detective inspector Mike Burden calls him, Wexford, intrigued by the unusual circumstances of the murder, leaps at the chance to tag along with the investigators. A single-mother to a teenage girl, Hussein was a woman working in a male-dominated profession. Moreover, she was of mixed race and working to modernize the church. Could racism or sexism played a factor in her murder? As he searches the Vicar's house with Buren, Wexford sees a book on her bedside table. Inside the book is a letter serving as a bookmark. Without thinking much, Wexford puts it into his pocket, Wexford soon realizes he has made a grave error - the former policeman has taken away a piece of valuable evidence without telling anybody. What he finds inside begins to illuminate the murky past of Hussein. Is there more to her than meets the eye? No Man's Nightingale is the captivating twenty-fourth installment in Rendell's masterful Wexford series, which has been delighting readers for almost half a century"-- |
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Subject: | Wexford, Inspector (Fictitious character) Fiction Police England Sussex Fiction Sussex (England) Fiction |
Genre: | Detective and mystery stories, English. Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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Available copies
- 33 of 34 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 34 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F RENDELL, R. (Text) | 32544072301533 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Ren Inspector Wexford; bk.24 (Text) | 33160102473520 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | MYS RENDELL (Text) | 34030129000607 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | A M REN (Text) | 33260000099953 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/RENDELL MYST. (Text) | 34029129622907 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | FIC RENDELL (Text) | 36937002130970 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | MYS RENDELL (Text) | 34000080838717 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | MYS RENDELL (Text) | 34014129068202 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | FIC REN (Text) | 34047128402451 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library - North Canaan | M REN (Text) | 33490127358731 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Author Notes
No Man's Nightingale : An Inspector Wexford Novel
Ruth Rendell (1930-2015) Ruth Rendell was born in Essex, England on February 17, 1930. She was educated at Loughton County High School. Rendell began her career as a journalist. She wrote six novels before sending her work in to a publisher. She writes crime novels and psychological thrillers, and is best known for her Inspector Wexford books. Rendell also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Rendell has received many awards for her writing, including the Silver, Gold, and Cartier Diamond Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association, three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America, The Arts Council National Book Awards, and The Sunday Times Literary Award. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Many of her titles have been made into films and made-for-tv movies. Rendell died on May 2, 2015. She was 85 years old. (Bowker Author Biography)