Not in the Flesh, Ruth Rendell
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Not in the Flesh
A Wexford Novel

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/10/2008


Synopsis

A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.”

When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master’s first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed: at the going rate, this one truffle might be worth several hundred pounds. Then the dirt falls away to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and tendons of what is clearly a human hand.

In Not in the Flesh, Chief Inspector Wexford tries to piece together events that took place eleven years earlier, a time when someone was secretly interred in a secluded patch of English countryside. Now Wexford and his team will need to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the dead man among the eighty-five people in this part of England who have disappeared over the past decade. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that’s become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise.

As Wexford painstakingly moves to resolve these multiple mysteries, long-buried secrets are brought to daylight, and Ruth Rendell once again proves why she has been hailed as our greatest living mystery writer.


From the Hardcover edition.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Jana on 2009-12-18 14:36:33

I did not love this book. Somehow, the characters all seemed tiresome. I did not care very much about them and did not care very much if/how the murders were solved.