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  • The Babes in the Wood

  • A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 19
  • Written by: Ruth Rendell
  • Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
  • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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The Babes in the Wood

Written by: Ruth Rendell
Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
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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.
©2004 Ruth Rendell (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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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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Great narration

Excellent narration by Nigel Anthony. Interesting story. One of my favourites of the Wexford series

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