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The babes in the wood : a Chief Inspector Wexford mystery / Ruth Rendell.

Summary:

After weeks of rain, Chief Inspector Wexford has just finished moving his books and furniture upstairs to protect them from the rising waters when the telephone rings. Two local teenagers and their babysitter have gone missing. Wexford isnâ‚‚t particularly worried, since these things usually sort themselves out. But as hours stretch into days, he begins to suspect he has a kidnapping on his hands. The stakes get even higher when a member of the missing trio turns up dead in the woods nearby. In the course of his investigation, Wexford must deal with a neighbor whose alibi is questionable, a religious cult and its sylvan rituals, someone close to the children's family who nurses a terrible secret, and the babysitter's ex-husband, who reveals the womanâ‚‚s hidden penchant for violence.

Record details

  • ISBN: 140004930X
  • ISBN: 9781400049301
  • Physical Description: 325 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Crown, [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain by Hutchinson, London, in 2002"--T.p. verso.
Subject:
Police > England > Fiction.
Wexford, Inspector (Fictitious character)
Wexford, Inspector (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police.
England > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 34 of 36 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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