Murder Being Once Done

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Title Murder Being Once Done
Author Ruth Rendell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Inspector Wexford #7
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Hutchinson
Released 17 July 1972
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 192 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-09-111600-7 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by No More Dying Then
Followed by Some Lie And Some Die

Murder Being Once Done is a novle by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1972. It is the 7th entry in her popular Inspector Wexford series.

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A girl with no name, no possessins and no past, is found murdered in a vast, overgrown London cemetery. Wexford is in the capital for a rest on doctor's orders, but is drawn into the investigation when his nephew is given charge of the case.