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The Veiled One

A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 14

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The Veiled One

By: Ruth Rendell
Narrated by: Robin Bailey
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Summary

Concealed by a shroud of dirty brown velvet was what looked like a heap of rags. In a desolate subterranean car park of a Shopping Centre, Dorothy Sanders pulled back the velvet curtain revealing the grim discovery of a woman’s body. Inspector Michael Burden, for a while conducting the investigation without the help of Wexford’s intuitive genius, blunders down a number of blind alleys before uncovering the truth. 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?

©1988 Ruth Rendell (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective Crime
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A typical Ruth Rendall with meandering story lines, only finding out the conclusion in the last 5 mins.

Overly long

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Was feeling a bit depressed about RR as I’d just read/heard one of her later novels, and was thinking how miserable and generally negative her later books were. Then read this, which I’d somehow missed - and it’s brilliant ! Her usual blend of complex crime story, a range of her mixed bag of (frequently unloveable) characters, Burden’s bigotry and consequential mistakes (and oh boy, does he drop a clanger in this one), and Wexford and Dora’s ghastly family. And her customary sly dose of humour - i actually laughed out loud at one point. Finally, I very much enjoyed the narration- although different to the George Baker readings, I thought he gave an excel in alternative interpretation.

Wexford

One of her best

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Really enjoyed this one and unexpected ending fabulous narration
Off to find another now thank you

Great story telling

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Twists, turns and surprises. An in depth look into the psychy and the human touches and family lives that make you feel you know the detectives well. My only criticism is the pronunciation of the authors name, not for the first time is incorrect. I have heard it said by numerous people including on the television, pronounced somewhere between Rendle and Rendul, not Rendelle. It may seem pedantic but it's a pretty well known author and the narrator doesn't know how to say it! The reading of the actual story is very good indeed so I still gave him 5 stars.

Probably my favourite so far

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Very enjoys thank you for the included in membership , it gets you to try stories you may otherwise would have not tried

Easy listen if complicated

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