No More Dying Then
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Author | Ruth Rendell |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Inspector Wexford #6 |
Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery novel |
Publisher | Hutchinson |
Released | 4 October 1971 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-09-907400-1 (paperback) |
Preceded by | One Across, Two Down |
Followed by | Murder Being Once Done |
No More Dying Then is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. It was first published in 1971, and is the 6th entry in her popular Inspector Wexford series. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association listed the book as one of its 100 Favourite Crime Novels of the Century.
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On a stormy February afternoon, little Stella Rivers disappears and is never seen again. Then, on a warm October day, five-year-old John Lawrence fails to come home, and evil, mad, taunting letters begin, which make the worst, unspoken imaginings a brutal reality.