Put On By Cunning

Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this enthralling mystery of deception, doubt and death from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell ...''Probably the greatest crime writer in the world'' -- Ian Rankin''[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age'' -- Herald''Pacy and surprising right to the last page'' -- ***** Reader review''You cannot go wrong with a Ruth Rendell'' -- ***** Reader review''Extremely thrilling and entertaining'' -- ***** Reader review''Full of twists and turns'' -- ***** Reader review**********************************************************************************Sir Manuel Camargue, Kingsmarkham''s very own celebrity flautist, dies tragically on a snowy night. His death is met with a ruling of misadventure and appears to be an open-and-shut-case. However Wexford, as the investigating officer, has a few niggling doubts.Nineteen years later, Camargue''s entrancing daughter, Natalie, now a considerable heiress, suddenly reappears in Kingsmarkham. When her fiancé appeals to Wexford for help, believing that Natalie is using a false identity, the case of the Camargues is once more under investigation.Events soon take a gruesome twist and the pressure is on for Wexford to discover Natalie''s true identity and to solve the mystery of the Camargue family, once and for all.

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