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The Babes in the Wood

A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 19

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 With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers have gone missing along with their sitter, Joanna Troy.

Their hysterical mother is convinced that all three have drowned, and as the hours stretch into days Wexford suspects a case of kidnapping, perhaps connected with an unusual sect called the Church of the Good Gospel. But when the sitter's smashed-up car is found at the bottom of a local quarry - occupied by a battered corpse - the investigation takes on a very different hue.

For her 19th Chief Inspector Wexford mystery, Ruth Rendell tells a story that is as taut and atmospheric as anything she has ever written. Ruth Rendell has won many awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger.

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"The plot....marches efficiently to its unguessable dénouement while demonstrating Rendell's grasp of the psychological dynamics of seduction and exploitation which lie at the heart of the case." ( The New Yorker)
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A diehard Rendell fan, I am getting such pleasure from listening to her work as read by this Actor. Bravo!

Nigel Nails Another

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couldn't get any work done because I was so involved. will have to register!!!
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brilliant

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Got to love a bit of Inspector Wexford. Really engaging mystery and beautifully read. Old school crime.

Great narrator

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Thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook, plenty of twists and brilliantly narrated. Gripping storylines with interesting characters. I didn’t see that outcome, excellent storytelling with superb character accents.

Great story

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With lengthy deliberations., excursions down blind spots, plenty of opportunities for Wexford to come up with an apposite quotation this one offers a dozen straight hours of fascinating untangling of complex situations.

Nigel Anthony is the one narrator who most suits the Wexford series. Avuncular, reassuring, comfortable and human I just love listening to the stories read by him
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Great value listening to the superb narrator

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