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The Babes in the Woodby Ruth RendellISBN 1400034191 (1-4000-3419-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Babes in the Wood'Book summary:After weeks of rain, Chief Inspector Wexford has just finished moving his books and furniture upstairs to protect them from the rising waters when the telephone rings. Two local teenagers and their babysitter have gone missing. Wexford isnt particularly worried, since these things usually sort themselves out. But as hours stretch into days, he begins to suspect he has a kidnapping on his hands. The stakes get even higher when a member of the missing trio turns up dead in the woods nearby.
In the course of his investigation, Wexford must deal with a neighbor whose alibi is questionable, a religious cult and its sylvan rituals, someone close to the childrens family who nurses a terrible secret, and the babysitters ex-husband, who reveals the womans hidden penchant for violence.
In The Babes in the Wood, Ruth Rendell draws the reader into a riveting story that alternates between Chief Inspector Wexfords domestic lifehis worries about the security of his home and his daughters odd new boyfriendand his determination to see through a kaleidoscope of lies and bring a murderer to justice. [via] 
The Best Man to Dieby Ruth RendellISBN 0345345304 (0-345-34530-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Birchwoodby John BanvilleISBN 0436032627 (0-436-03262-7)
Hardcover, Secker and Warburg
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The Blackwater Lightshipby Colm ToibinISBN 0743203313 (0-7432-0331-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blackwater Lightship'Book summary:In the opening pages of The Blackwater Lightship, a stranger drives up to Helen O'Doherty's Dublin house to tell her that her brother Declan is in the hospital and needs to see her. At his request, she joins him at the creepy seaside house of their grandmother--where, as children, they awaited news of their dying father. What's more, they're not the only guests. Paul and Larry, friends of Declan who have known about his HIV diagnosis far longer than his family, are the next to arrive. And then comes Helen's estranged mother Lily, whom she hasn't seen in years. Still angry over the emotional abandonment she suffered during her youth, Helen had refused even to invite Lily to her wedding. Now she must come to terms not only with the imminent death of her beloved brother but also with her mother and grandmother--all at once.
Colm Tóibín (The Story of the Night) delivers this unsentimental account of a troubled family in spare but suggestive language. He does allow his characters a few high-spirited remarks and the occasional outburst. Otherwise, though, he keeps his tone even, allowing for the perfect integration of a light, unforced symbolism. For Lily, broken hopes and dreams are bound up with the Blackwater Lightship, one of two lighthouses that once stood in the Irish Sea near Ballyconnigar. As a child, she believed that these would always be there:
Tuskar was a man and the Blackwater Lightship was a woman and they were both sending signals to each other and to other lighthouses, like mating calls. He was forceful and strong and she was weaker but more constant, and sometimes she began to shine her light before darkness had really fallen.
For Helen, on the other hand, it was the house itself that prompted her deepest, happiest fantasies. But now Lily has sold the property and shattered Helen's dream that "it would be her refuge, and that her mother, despite everything, would be there for her and would take her in and shelter her and protect her. She had never entertained this thought before; now, she knew that it was irrational and groundless, but nonetheless ... she knew that it was real and it explained everything." What Declan has done by drawing them all together at Granny's house is to enact this potent, poignant fantasy. Whether it has the power to reconstruct his family is another matter, but in any case, The Blackwater Lightship remains a gripping narrative, deftly delivered by a master storyteller. --Regina Marler [via] 
Blood Lines : Long and Short Storiesby Ruth RendellISBN 0517703238 (0-517-70323-8)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Bloodlinesby Ruth RendellISBN 0770427359 (0-7704-2735-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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Death Notesby Ruth RendellISBN 0345341988 (0-345-34198-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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End in Tearsby Ruth RendellISBN 0307339769 (0-307-33976-9)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'End in Tears'Book summary:At first there was no reason to link the killings. The first one, months earlier, seemed totally random: a lump of concrete pushed off an overpass onto a passing car. By contrast, the gruesome bludgeoning death of Amber Marshalson, returning home late from a night out clubbing with friends, was obviously calculated. The killer had been seen waiting for the girl in a nearby wood. But when Chief Inspector Wexford discovers that Amber had been the driver right behind the crushed carand that shed been driving a silver Honda, while the car in front of her was a gray Hondahe knows that someone wanted the teenager dead badly enough to kill twice to get the job done. And as it turns out, this murderers plans are only just getting underway. Can Wexford unravel the complex knots that connect these murders in time to save future victims? Or is he, as he begins to fear, losing his touch and fast becoming a relic of another time?
Long beloved by readers for her deft weaving of wonderfully meticulous characterization, dark humor, and trenchant social commentary into gripping and fast-paced plots, Ruth Rendell is in top form with End in Tears. Taking off from the first page with back-to-back murders and ending with one of Wexfords own officers in mortal danger, End in Tears touches on issues of class, race, parenthood, aging, and gender roles as it brings the traditional British whodunit into the twenty-first century.
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From Doon With Deathby Ruth RendellISBN 0345348176 (0-345-34817-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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A Guilty Thing Surprisedby Ruth RendellISBN 0345348117 (0-345-34811-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Harm Doneby Ruth RendellISBN 0375724842 (0-375-72484-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harm Done'Book summary:In Harm Done, Rendell has added a remarkable strand of acute social commentary to a book that still functions as an utterly compelling piece of detective fiction. In exploring the controversial subject of pedophilia, she takes the mainstay of her work--the problems of modern life--to a level of passion and commitment that gives the book a truly powerful underpinning.
Back in the familiar Sussex town of Kingsmarkham, Rendell's dogged sleuth Wexford is investigating the strange abductions of two young girls: Rachel, a bright middle-class student, and Lizzie, a mentally disabled 16-year-old living with her unsympathetic parents on a grim council estate. When both girls return home, apparently unharmed, Wexford is faced with a curious mystery: what really happened to them? As Wexford begins to uncover the disturbing truth, the dark psychological world that Rendell is so adroit at exploring suddenly comes into focus. And her gift for sharp but concise characterization remains untouchable, as in the case of a reluctant witness: '''We don't talk about that sort of thing.' She very nearly but not quite tossed her head." --Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk [via]
The Hook Peninsula, County Wexford: County Wexfordby Billy ColferISBN 1859183786 (1-85918-378-6)
Hardcover, Stylus Pub Llc
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Kissing the Gunner's Daughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0446403342 (0-446-40334-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kissing the Gunner's Daughter'Book summary:Investigating the murder of a socialite family, Inspector Wexford is forced to face his own deepest feelings. Called "one of Rendell's darkest and most suble character studies" (SF Chronicle). [via]
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- Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: ISBN 0770425151 (0-7704-2515-1)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd - Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: ISBN 0708987028 (0-7089-8702-8)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books - Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: ISBN 0892963905 (0-89296-390-5)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub - Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: ISBN 0446403342 (0-446-40334-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
- Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: ISBN 0770425151 (0-7704-2515-1)
Means of Evilby Ruth RendellISBN 0446400505 (0-446-40050-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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- Means of Evil: ISBN 0553141538 (0-553-14153-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Means of Evil: ISBN 0385155298 (0-385-15529-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday - Means of Evil: ISBN 0792716760 (0-7927-1676-0)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer - Means of Evil and Other Stories: ISBN 0446400505 (0-446-40050-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
- Means of Evil: ISBN 0553141538 (0-553-14153-8)
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Murder Being Once Doneby Ruth RendellISBN 0375704884 (0-375-70488-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder Being Once Done'Book summary:A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the local police, under the command of Wexford's nephew, are baffled, Wexford decides to brave his doctor's wrath and the condescension of the London police by doing a little investigating of his own. A compelling story of mysterious identity and untimely death, Murder Being Once Done is Rendell at her most sublime.
With her Inspector Wexford novels, Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, has added layers of depth, realism and unease to the classic English mystery. For the canny, tireless, and unflappable policeman is an unblinking observer of human nature, whose study has taught him that under certain circumstances the most unlikely people are capable of the most appalling crimes. [via]More editions of Murder Being Once Done:
A New Lease of Deathby Ruth RendellISBN 0893400203 (0-89340-020-3)
Hardcover, J. Curley
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No More Dying Thenby Ruth RendellISBN 0375704892 (0-375-70489-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No More Dying Then'Book summary:What kind of a person would kidnap two children?
That is the question that haunts Wexford when a five-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl disappear from the village of Kingsmarkham. When a child's body turns up at an abandoned country home one search turns into a murder investigation and the other turns into a race against time. Filled with pathos and terror, passion, bitterness, and loss, No More Dying Then is Rendell at her most chillingly astute.
With her Inspector Wexford novels, Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, has added layers of depth, realism and unease to the classic English mystery. For the canny, tireless, and unflappable policeman is an unblinking observer of human nature, whose study has taught him that under certain circumstances the most unlikely people are capable of the most appalling crimes. [via] -
Put on by Cunningby Ruth RendellISBN 009144120X (0-09-144120-X)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Put on by Cunning'Book summary:The great flautist's death seemed to Chief Inspector Wexford an open-and-shut case of misadventure, but with the return of his daughter after an absence of 19 years come a couple of niggling doubts. [via]
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Road Rageby Ruth RendellISBN 0440226023 (0-440-22602-3)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Road Rage'Book summary:As Road Rage begins, Chief Inspector Wexford is walking in Framhurst Great Wood, just outside his beloved town of Kingsmarkham, for what he tells himself will be the last time. He can no longer bear to look at the beauty that will soon be despoiled by the construction of a new highway.
While Wexford despairs, his more sanguine wife, Dora, is active on a committee to save the threatened land. Others are more desperate to achieve their end, and their means include taking hostages -- including Dora -- and threatening murder.
Wexford and his dedicated team of officers work against time to learn the identity of the kidnappers, taking readers on a riveting chase following the intricate turns of the investigation. And, as in every Ruth Rendell novel, beyond the mortal drama lie political and moral questions that are not resolved with the closing of the case, and that apply far beyond the limits of Kingsmarkham ....
Road Rage is also available from Random House AudioBooks. [via]-
Shake Hands Foreverby Ruth RendellISBN 0375704957 (0-375-70495-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shake Hands Forever'Book summary:The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled.
According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed to gain entry and strangle her without a struggle? That is the problem facing Inspector Wexford in Shake Hands Forever. Perhaps it was the mystery woman who left her fingerprints on the Hathall's bathtub? Perhaps it was Angela's husband who lied about a stolen library book? And why was the Hathall home, usually so unkempt, exqisitely clean the day of Angela's death? Then a neighbor--friendly, knowing, disarmingly beautiful--offers Wexford her assistance. And what begins as a rather tricky case turns into an obsession that threatens to destroy the Inspector's career--as well as his marriage.
Maddeningly addictive, smart and surprising, Shake Hands Forever showcases Ruth Rendell at the height of her storytelling powers. [via] 
Simisolaby Ruth RendellISBN 0440222028 (0-440-22202-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Simisola'Book summary:Simisola, the 16th Inspector Wexford novel by Ruth Rendell, is at once a gripping mystery and an emotionally charged exploration of racism, sexual violence, and the urban ills that are infecting small, traditionally peaceful communities. [via]
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Sins of the Fathersby Ruth RendellISBN 0345342534 (0-345-34253-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sins of the Fathers'Book summary:It was a brutal, vicious crime -- sixteen years old. A helpless old woman battered to death with an axe. Harry Painter hung for it, and Chief Inspector Wexford is certain they executed the right man. But Reverend Archery has doubts . . . because his son wants to marry the murderer's beautiful, brilliant daughter. He begins unravelling the past, only to discover that murder breeds murder -- and often conceals even deeper secrets . . . [via]
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A Sleeping Lifeby Ruth RendellISBN 0375704930 (0-375-70493-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sleeping Life'Book summary:The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman. The gray eyes were wide and staring, and in them Inspector Wexford thought he saw a sardonic gleam. But that must have been his imagination. The woman was a stranger. There was nothing to give him her address, name or occupation, let alone any clues that might lead to her killer. Unabridged. September '98 publication date. [via]
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Some Lie and Some Dieby Ruth RendellISBN 0375704906 (0-375-70490-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Some Lie and Some Die'Book summary:A mutilated body found at a rock festival.
In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, until the hideously disfigured body is discovered in a nearby quarry. And soon Wexford is investigating the links between a local girl gone bad and a charismatic singer who inspires an unwholesome devotion in his followers. Some Lie and Some Die is a devilishly absorbing novel, in which Wexford's deductive powers come up against the aloof arrogance of pop stardom.
With her Inspector Wexford novels, Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, has added layers of depth, realism and unease to the classic English mystery. For the canny, tireless, and unflappable policeman is an unblinking observer of human nature, whose study has taught him that under certain circumstances the most unlikely people are capable of the most appalling crimes. [via]More editions of Some Lie and Some Die:
- Some Lie and Some Die: ISBN 0553137832 (0-553-13783-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Some Lie and Some Die: ISBN 038507428X (0-385-07428-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - Some Lie and Some Die: ISBN 0896215741 (0-89621-574-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Press - Some Lie and Some Die: ISBN 0375704906 (0-375-70490-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
- Some Lie and Some Die: ISBN 0553137832 (0-553-13783-2)
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Speaker of Mandarinby Ruth RendellISBN 0345302745 (0-345-30274-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Speaker of Mandarin'Book summary:Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting ancient tombs and palaces with a group of British tourists. After their return to England, one of his fellow tourists is found murdered. As he questions other members of the group, Wexford finds secrets of greed, treachery, theft, and adultery, leading the distressed inspector to ask not who is innocent, but who is least guilty . . . [via]
An Unkindness of Ravensby Ruth RendellISBN 0099450704 (0-09-945070-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Unkindness of Ravens'Book summary:Ravens are not particularly predatory birds, but neither are they soft and submissive. The collective noun for them is an "unkindness". The raven is also a symbol used by a feminist group, whose attitude to the opposite sex is anything but soft and submissive. [via]
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- An Unkindness of Ravens: ISBN 0345327462 (0-345-32746-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - An Unkindness of Ravens: ISBN 0394546032 (0-394-54603-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - An Unkindness of Ravens: ISBN 0896216845 (0-89621-684-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Press - An Unkindness of Ravens: ISBN 0099450704 (0-09-945070-4)
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- An Unkindness of Ravens: ISBN 0345327462 (0-345-32746-2)
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The Veiled Oneby Ruth RendellISBN 0345359941 (0-345-35994-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Veiled One'Book summary:Who would garrote a middle-aged housewife and leave her body in the parking garage of a suburban shopping mall? Chief Inspector Wexford is no sooner on the case than a car bomb's explosion lands him in the hospital. It's now up to Mike Burden to step in and solve the case. He's got a suspect . . . but will he be able to make him talk? [via]
The View from Courthouse Hillby William R. PetersonISBN 0805916504 (0-8059-1650-4)
Hardcover, Dorrance
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Wolf to the Slaughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0345345207 (0-345-34520-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Year of Liberty: The Story of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798by Thomas PakenhamISBN 0139718958 (0-13-971895-8)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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The Year of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798by Thomas PakenhamISBN 0812930886 (0-8129-3088-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Year of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798'Book summary:Still stinging from the loss of its American colonies, England in the 1790s suddenly found itself facing a danger next door as Irish revolutionaries, aided by the France of Napoleon Bonaparte, threatened rebellion. At the end of 1796, a French fleet attempted to land thousands of soldiers on the Irish coast with the intent of driving English rule from Ireland, but the plan was ruined by poor planning and worse weather. Within two years, an uprising by a revolutionary group, the United Irishmen, broke out, and Ireland was racked by a summer of widespread fighting, which climaxed when another French force actually landed and fought battles against British troops.
This abridged "bicentennial edition" of Thomas Pakenham's definitive work on the 1798 uprising, The Year of Liberty, tells the story quickly, making good use of contemporary illustrations, including maps and paintings of the fighting as well as reproductions of revolutionary proclamations. What the rebels and their French allies hoped would be a year that would see Ireland set free turned utterly tragic, as both sides committed atrocities and the Marquis Cornwallis, who had surrendered Yorktown to Washington during his service in America, took command of the British forces and tried to restore order. In the end, the French general and his troops surrendered, were treated with honor, and sailed back to France, while the Irish rebels who fought with them were hunted down and slaughtered, and the causes of Catholic emancipation and Irish independence suffered setbacks that would not be overcome for decades. --Robert McNamara [via]
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The Year of Liberty: The History of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798by Thomas PakenhamISBN 0679748024 (0-679-74802-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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