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A Sleeping Life (Inspector Wexford) (Paperback)

by Ruth Rendell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 206 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (21 April 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099199807
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099199809
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 103,232 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #22 in  Books > Crime, Thrillers & Mystery > Authors, A-Z > R > Rendell, Ruth

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"Rendell is a master of the form." --"The Washington Post Book World"
"An unusual detective story. . .intelligent, well-written, with a surprising twist." --"The Times Literary Supplement"
"Ruth Rendell. . .retains her place of highest distinction in the field." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world." --"The Boston Globe"
"No one can take you so totally into the recesses of the human mind as does Ruth Rendell." --"The Christian Science Monitor"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

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The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman, biggish and gaunt. There was nothing to give Detective Chief Inspector Wexford her address, her occupation or even her identity - let alone any clues which might lead to her killer.


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2.0 out of 5 stars Clever plot, poor execution, 7 Aug 2008
By Ms. L. R. Fisher "lucy_fisher4" (London) - See all my reviews
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The central character leaves a provincial town to churn out a series of steadily selling middlebrow novels - now who does that remind me of? This is almost a good book. It has an ingenious mystery at its heart, and Rendell has obviously visited the locations she uses (a rather grim London suburb, a "new-rich" mansion with mirrored walls), a Victorian villa that's seen better days, and taken notes on characters she's observed (a cute Indian girl, a dim gay wine bar owner) but the whole novel seems bolted together from these components. Wexford and his wife Dora and sidekick Burden stubbornly refuse to come to life. And a clunky "relevant" plot strand about women's lib (this is 1979) is dragged in to provide a clue. The whole thing was done much better by Josephine Tey in To Love and Be Wise.
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