No Man's Nightingale
| Author | Ruth Rendell |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Wexford # 24 |
| Genre | Crime/Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1476744483 |
| Preceded by | The Vault |
No Man's Nightingale is a novel by crime writer Ruth Rendell published in 2013,<ref name="The Boston Globe - 11 November 2013 - "No Man's Nightingale" by Ruth Rendell">Daneet Steffens (November 11l, 2013). ""No Man's Nightingale" by Ruth Rendell". The Boston Globe (John W. Henry). Retrieved 15 July 2015. Check date values in: |date= (help)</ref>[1] It featuring her recurring protagonist Inspector Wexford. The novel is the second in which Wexford has appeared after his retirement, and on this occasion is called in to consult on a crime by his ex colleague and friend Mike Burden.
No Man's Nightingale is, initially, about the (female) vicar (Sarah Hussain) of Saint Peter's Church (in Kingsmarkham) who's been found dead in the vicarage - strangled. Reginald Wexford, now retired as a policeman, assists with the murder investigation...
This was the last novel in the Inspector Wexford series as Rendell died on May 2 2015, having suffered a stroke earlier that year.