A Sleeping Life
Criminals always took their holidays in August, Chief Inspector Wexford erroneously reflected as he arrived home early that hot summer night. Thirty minutes later he was in a field outside the neighboring village of Kingsmarkham gazing down at a woman viciously stabbed to death.
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- Bantam Books
- Year
- 1978
- ISBN-13
- 9780816167111
- Genre
- Crime & Thriller
- Topics
- Murder investigationIdentitySmall town secrets
Awards
- Edgar Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1979)
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