End in Tears
A Wexford Novel

Ruth Rendell certainly was not at her best in End in Tears. Her writing in this installment reveals she was a huge step out of time with regard to feminism, sexism, racial equality, children out of wedlock, ... The constant thoughts about such things in people’s heads felt like a forced insert and c......more

I really liked this book but found it a little confusing at times. There was a large number of characters. I sometimes had to go back and review who they were. I liked the feeling I got for the small British towns and surrounding .woods. I thought her characterizations were excellent. I developed vi......more

Well, it doesn’t, in fact, “end in tears,” but quite jollily for those we come to care about. Which is to say, the secondary characters, the ones investigating rather than committing crimes. There’s an unusually large dollop of romance this time, between a rather severely PC and judgmental police se......more

I’m a big fan of Ruth Rendell and her literary alter ego Barbara Vine – between ‘them’ they penned some of the best suspense novels this side of the pond. Her detective mysteries, however, have more often left me wondering why she strayed from her forte. Perhaps Inspector Wexford became a TV hit, an......more

Excellent plot. A wonderful red herring right from the beginning. Wexford is investigating the murder of two young women and a third woman mistakenly killed. What is the connection? Surrogacy, money or something else. The victims are not likable. The suspects are eventually identified and in paralle......more