A Guilty Thing Surprised

Name: A Guilty Thing Surprised
Author: Ruth Rendell
ISBN: 9781409067832

Ruth Rendell

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#5318 of 8,085 books · #1796 in Crime & Thriller

Longlisted for the Booker Prize (1970).

The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale's broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock. Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple - wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world. However, someone must have been alone with Elizabeth that night in the woods. Someone who hated - or perhaps loved - her enough to beat her to death. The case seems straightforward. But Wexford soon learns that beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales' lives lie undercurrents and secrets no one ever suspected...

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