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Detective and mystery stories Large type books Meurtre Enquêtes Romans, nouvelles, etc Murder Investigation Fiction Police England Sussex Fiction Serial murderers England Fiction Sussex (Angleterre) Romans, nouvelles, etc Sussex (England) Fiction Wexford, Inspector (Fictitious character) Fiction World War, 1939-1945 England Sussex FictionWhitelaw, Stella.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIRendell, Ruth
Summary: Over the years there have been several unsolved, apparently motiveless murders in the town of Kingsmarkham, and Wexford (as a young policeman) quietly suspected that the increasingly prosperous Targo--van driver, property developer, kennel owner, and animal lover--was behind them. Now, half a lifetime later, Inspector Wexford spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rendell 2009Rendell, Ruth
Summary: Inspector Wexford, who years ago suspected that Eric Targo was the killer in Wexford's first murder case, spots Targo back in Kingsmarkham after a long absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: In Britain, a pedophile's house is burned by an angry mob when a girl disappears, the man having been recently released from jail. But Inspector Wexford is not swayed by the obvious and traces the disappearance to the girl's home and her abusive father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1981
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury-a human hand. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death. The only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Although the police database covers a relatively short...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: Rendell's novel finds Inspector Wexford getting pulled out of retirement to assist with a chilling case involving four bodies--three old and one new--found down an unused coal hole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rendell 2013Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary--the plain Polly Flinders--provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENRendell, Ruth
Summary: Rendell's novel finds Inspector Wexford getting pulled out of retirement to assist with a chilling case involving four bodies--three old and one new--found down an unused coal hole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC REDRendell, Ruth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENHoward, Elizabeth Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWChabon, Michael.
Summary: An eighty-nine-year-old former detective in rural England becomes involved with a young refugee from Nazi Germany whose sole companion, an African grey parrot, spews out a series of numbers that could hold the key to a dangerous secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fourth Estate 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHARendell, Ruth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RENHoward, Elizabeth Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWRendell, Ruth
Summary: When four bodies are discovered in the same underground sewer 12 years after the events of A Sight for Sore Eyes, former Chief Inspector Wexford is pulled out of retirement to follow a complex trail to the original murders only to have his life thrown into turmoil by a devastating personal tragedy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rendell 2011Griffiths, Elly.
Summary: The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy?s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith?s passing. But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy?s flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M GRIBarrett, Julia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Evans and Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARGregory, Philippa.
Summary: From the Publisher: Beatrice Lacey, as strong-minded as she is beautiful, refuses to conform to the social customs of her time. Destined to lose her family name and beloved Wideacre estate once she is wed, Beatrice will use any means necessary to protect her ancestral heritage. Seduction, betrayal, even murder-Beatrice's passion is without apology or conscience. "She is a Lacey of Wideacre,"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREJames, Peter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pan 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAMLake, Deryn.
Summary: Reverend Nick Lawrence teams up with the Sussex Police Force to investigate the death of an American actor who may have been murdered over his directorial approach to the local dramatic society's upcoming performance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2013
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Summary: Landing a minor role in a theater production, Charles Paris is assigned to help the show's famous American star navigate cultural differences in England, an effort that tangles him up in the actor's complicated relationships and a wrongful murder charge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BREBowen, Rhys
Summary: "Georgie's new chef, Pierre, has arrived from Paris, it's time for Georgie to throw her first house party to show him off. The dinner party is a smashing success. Sir Mortimer Mordred--famous author of Gothic horror novels--is one of the guests. After the dinner, Sir Mortimer approaches Georgie and asks to borrow her new chef for his upcoming party, .and Georgie and Darcy, her husband, are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: A tale inspired by the final days of literary master Stephen Crane is set in the underworld of turn-of-the-century New York and follows his death-bed dictation of his final novel, "The Painted Boy," while biding farewell to a long-time love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2007