The Veiled One The Veiled One

The Veiled One

    • 3.8 • 72 Ratings
    • $7.99
    • $7.99

Publisher Description

Inspector Wexford searches for answers after an elderly woman is murdered in this “spellbinder” from a New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).

When Chief Inspector Wexford enters the parking garage, the woman is already dead, slumped between two cars, concealed under a velvet shroud. The inspector doesn’t even notice her as he drives away. Only later, when he sees on the news that an old woman was garroted in the shopping mall garage, does he realize how close he was to discovering the body. In a case that starts with a hidden corpse, the truth will be dangerously elusive.
 
Before Wexford can sink his teeth into the elderly woman’s murder, he is nearly killed himself—by a politically motivated car bombing targeting his daughter. With the inspector in the hospital, the case falls to his partner, the intrepid Mike Burden, who must solve both mysteries before the shopping mall killer strikes again.
 
The winner of three Edgar Awards, Ruth Rendell was one of the finest mystery authors of the twentieth century. Inspector Wexford was one of her most beloved creations, and The Veiled One is another “stunning” entry in the series (Publishers Weekly).
 

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2010
December 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
278
Pages
PUBLISHER
Open Road Media
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
4.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Kitty4040 ,

Wonderful compelling read!

Finding out more about Detectives Wexford and Burdon is enlightening and exciting.

RikiSantaFe ,

Compelling

Excellent. Very British; reminds me of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories, but much more psychologically intense. Hard to put down. Intricate plot that challenges your intellect. You can figure out part of the Who Done It, but the complexity of the whole mystery isn't revealed until the end. Great character developmemt. Excellent author. I'll definitely buy her other books!

More Books by Ruth Rendell

The Vault The Vault
2011
The Girl Next Door The Girl Next Door
2014
From Doon with Death From Doon with Death
1975
An Unkindness of Ravens An Unkindness of Ravens
2010
A Dark-Adapted Eye A Dark-Adapted Eye
2011
No Man's Nightingale No Man's Nightingale
2013

Customers Also Bought

Bones and Silence Bones and Silence
2019
No Laughing Matter No Laughing Matter
2017
Element of Doubt Element of Doubt
2017
The Way Through the Woods The Way Through the Woods
1993
Six Feet Under Six Feet Under
2017
Puppet for a Corpse Puppet for a Corpse
2017