Book description
The seventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective,
Chief Inspector Wexford.
It seems fitting that the final resting place of a girl's body
should be in a graveyard. But this is no peaceful burial. This is a
brutal murder scene.
Under strict orders from his doctor to indulge in no criminal
investigation, Wexford is sent to London for a break away from the
pressures of the Kingsmarkham police force. But then he discovers that
his nephew Howard is heading the investigation into the macabre murder
of Loveday Morgan, whose body was found abandoned in Kenbourne Cemetery.
Despite opposition from Howard and his team, Wexford is drawn to the
case. And when he unearths Loveday's connection to a religious cult
whose leader was imprisoned for sexual absue, he relentlessly pursues
this sinister new lead...
Ruth Rendell is crime writing at its very best. The author of over
50 novels, she has won many significant crime fiction awards. Her
first novel, From Doon With Death, appeared in 1964, and since
then her reputation and readership have grown steadily with each new
book.
She has received major awards for her work; three Edgars from the
Mystery Writers of America; the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award for
1976's best crime novel, A Demon in My View; the Arts Council
National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981 for The Lake of
Darkness; the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for 1986's best
crime book for Live Flesh; in 1987 the Crime Writer's Gold
Dagger Award for A Fatal Inversion and in 1991 the same award
for King Solomon's Carpet, both written under the pseudonym
Barbara Vine; the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990; and in
1991 the Crime Writer's Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding
contribution to the crime fiction genre.
Her books are translated into 21 languages. In 1996 she was awarded
the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.
