An Unkindness of Ravens

Name: An Unkindness of Ravens
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ruth Rendell
ISBN: 9781461811978

Author: Ruth Rendell

Series: Inspector Wexford Mysteries #13

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 9 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/08/2011

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Named as a life peer in the House of Lords in 1997, Ruth Rendell is also a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and the winner of three Edgars and four Golden Dagger Awards. Her Inspector Wexford mysteries thrill audiences around the globe with their complex plots and nuanced characters. As a favor to his wife, Inspector Wexford agrees to investigate the case of a missing husband. After gathering evidence, Wexford seems pretty certain that Joy Williams' husband simply ran off with a younger woman. But when Rodney Williams is found stabbed to death, Wexford does a little more digging. It seems that the murder is tied to a militant feminist group working in the area. They call themselves the Arria and they've taken the raven as their symbol.

About Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell (1930–2015) won three Edgar Awards, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writers’ Association. Her remarkable career spanned a half century, with more than sixty books published. A member of the House of Lords, she was one of the great literary figures of our time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles on September 04, 2020

A British police procedural and mystery A fine book which provides a detailed police procedural mystery with many characters, witnesses and suspects. Along the way Ms Rendell explores feminism circa 1985 and evolving social attitudes but don't read it expecting a blanket endorsement of feminism or mo......more

Goodreads review by John on September 04, 2020

I read this book in a couple of sittings. Rodney Williams disappears his misnamed wife Joy reports it. Then it escalates to a murder investigation. On the sidelines Burden’s second wife Jenny is having a baby which she does not want because its a girl! WTF. Wexford plods along methodically and there......more

Goodreads review by Francis on September 10, 2015

This was my least liked of the Rendell books I have read to date and Ruth Rendell has been one of my favorite mystery authors. So... what was the problem exactly? I would break it down to three separate complaints. 1) The cold, unemotional mother figure and her subsequently damaged or dysfunctional o......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth (Alaska) on June 17, 2022

From the GR description: The raven: not a particularly predatory bird, but far from soft and submissive, adopted as the symbol of a militant feminist group... Yes, the ravens referenced in this title are a militant feminist group. Such a sad depiction, too, for women need only demand equal opportuni......more