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Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780001049185 Edition: Abridged Format: Abridged, Audiobook ISBN: 0001049186 Label: HarperCollins Audio Manufacturer: HarperCollins Audio Number Of Items: 2 Publication Date: November 27, 1995 Publisher: HarperCollins Audio Studio: HarperCollins Audio Editorial Review: Product Description: Anita Margolis has vanished. There is no body, no crime - nothing more than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith. Inspector Burden has no trouble seeing a pattern in the Margolis case. Chief Wexford, however, has other ideas. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - disappointedIt was not stated that this was a reprint of a very old Inspector Wexford mystery by Ruth Rendell. I don't think I would have bought it had I known. I read it anyway---but I would have liked to have known the facts before hand. Rating: - Wish I had realized this was a reprint of an old bookWhen Amazon sent me the notice that this book was coming out in September, I assumed it was a new book and so ordered it, as Rendell is one of my favorite mystery authors (prefer her books under the pseudonym Barbara Vine but like the Rendell books, too). Imagine my chagrin to realize it was just a reprint of a 1967 book, which I had read years ago. I will now check every time Amazon suggests a book to me to make sure that it is a current book and not just an old one with a new cover. In other words, ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent Early Wexford BookI'm a huge fan of Ruth Rendell no matter what she writes, so I am catching up with some Chief Inspector Wexford books that I have missed. This is an early one in the sereies, but it's a good one. No one does studies in human psychology like Ms. Rendell, and this book delves into the mind of a young and up and coming police officer, and the demons he fights when love interferes with an investigation. A girl has disappeared and Wexford, Burden and Drayton are trying to determine whether or not a murder ... Read More Rating: - Absolutely stunningAnita Margolis, young, beautiful, carefree, has vanished into thin air. She left her home to attend a party one wet evening, but has not been seen since. She is reported missing soon after by her brother, whom she shared a flat with, the acclaimed but eccentric artist Rupert Margolis. Inspector Burden quickly forms an impression of a wanton young girl simply gone off somewhere with a boyfriend having neglected to let anyone know. After all, she was that sort of woman, in Burden's opinion. However, Wexford ... Read More Rating: - Affecting and tautly-plotted mysteryRuth Rendell is a talented writer, but I often have problems with elements of her plots being a little bit predictable-- this is definitely not the case with _Wolf to the Slaughter_. The book constantly suprises and manages to do so without any deus ex machina tricks that might make it unconvincing. A mysterious note that claims someone was murdered, a stain on a carpet that may or may not be blood, and a gold lighter with a leading inscription-- these are the only clues that Wexford and his crew ... Read More |
