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When Ismay thinks of that terrible day, and she often does, she remembers Heather coming down the stairs, her dress wet, her face as still and white as a porcelain mask....

Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream. The dream always began in the same way....

A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The driver behind is spared. But only for a while....

“Du har en time tilbage at leve i.” Det er det eneste, der bliver sagt i telefonen. Så bliver der lagt på. Det må da være en spøg...

On the day Lizzie came back from the dead, the police and her family and neighbors had already begun to search for her body. She had been missing for three days....

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....

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....

There are only two things in life that interest Stanley: solving crossword puzzles, and getting his hands on his mother-in-law’s money....

The discovery of bones in a tin box sends shockwaves across a group of long-time friends....

Wexford had almost made up his mind that he would never again set eyes on Eric Targo. And yet there he was, back in Kingsmarkham, still with that cocky, strutting walk....

Alan Groombridge had a fantasy....

With floods threatening his home, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers have gone missing ....

A bypass is planned in Kingsmarkham, but before the protestors make their presence felt, the badly decomposed body of a young woman is discovered....

Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and their daughter....

Wexford is shopping for his wife’s birthday present when the body of a strangled woman is discovered nearby....

The man who had died was Ismay's stepfather, Guy....

There were some things about Chief Inspector Wexford's trip to China that he could never have dreamt of....

Chief Inspector Wexford is concerned about a pedophile who has been recently released back into the community but cannot foresee a series of serious crimes waiting to happen....

Sarah Hussain was not popular in the community of Kingsmarkham. She was born of mixed parents - a white Irishwoman and an immigrant Indian Hindu....

Few mystery writers can match Ruth Rendell’s ability to get inside the dark, tangled psyches of everyday criminals....