A Guilty Thing Surprised
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| Author | Ruth Rendell |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Wexford # 5 |
| Genre(s) | Crime / Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Hutchinson |
| Released | 16 March 1970 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-101340-2 |
| Preceded by | The Best Man to Die |
| Followed by | One Across, Two Down |
A Guilty Thing Surprised is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. It was first published in 1970, and is the 5th entry in her popular Inspector Wexford series.
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When Elizabeth Nightingale was beaten to death, it seemed a straightforward enough case. But Detective Chief Inspector Wexford discovered that beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales' lives there were undercurrents and secrets that no one had ever suspected.
| Ruth Rendell The Inspector Wexford Novels |
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| From Doon With Death | Wolf to the Slaughter | The Best Man to Die | A New Lease of Death | A Guilty Thing Surprised | No More Dying Then | Murder Being Once Done | Some Lie and Some Die | Shake Hands Forever | A Sleeping Life | Put on by Cunning | The Speaker of Mandarin | An Unkindness of Ravens | The Veiled One | Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | Simisola | Road Rage | Harm Done | The Babes in the Wood | End in Tears |
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