Download From Doon with Death: A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 1 (Unabridged) AudioBook Free
Dazzling mental suspense. Razor-sharp dialogue. Plots that capture and hold like a noose. These are the hallmarks of crime legend Ruth Rendell, “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world” (Time mag). From Doon with Death, now in a stunning new paperback model, is her classic debut novel -- and the e book that launched one of the most popular sleuths of the twentieth century.
There is nothing extraordinary about Margaret Parsons, a timid housewife in the quiet town of Kingsmarkham, a female specialized in her garden, her kitchen, her hubby. Except that Margaret Parsons is dead, brutally strangled, her body left behind in the local woods.
Who would get rid of someone with nothing to cover? Inspector Wexford, the formidable chief of police, seems baffled -- until he discovers Margaret's dark top secret: a trove of uncommon books, each quantity breathlessly inscribed by a separate lover identified only as Doon. As Wexford delves deeper into both Mrs. Parsons’ past and the wary community circling round her storage like wolves, the situation creates with relentless momentum to a surprise finale as smart as it is blindsiding.
In From Doon with Death, Ruth Rendell instantly mastered the form that could become synonymous with her name. Chilling, richly characterized, and ingeniously created, this is mental suspense at its very finest.
“Perhaps one of the most amazing novelists of her generation.” —People
“She has transcended her genre by her amazing imaginative capacity to explore and light up the dark sides of the real human psyche.” —P.D. James
