Written by Ruth Rendell - Abridged Fiction - 4 COMPACT DISCS - 6 hours

Publisher, Random House Audiobooks (July 2006)

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Praise for the hardcover edition:

"Rendell knows how to make your hair stand up straight on your head" —Maeve Binchy

"Rendell’s eerie capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish" —The Times

The award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and The Rottweiler brings us another gripping Inspector Wexford novel.

A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The driver behind is spared. But only for a while...

One particular member of the local press is gunning for the Chief Inspector, distinctly unimpressed with what he regards as old-fashioned police methods. But Wexford, with his old friend and partner, Mike Burden, along with two new recruits to the Kingsmarkham team, pursue their inquiries with a diligence and humanity that make Ruth Rendell’s detective stories enthralling, exciting and very touching.

About the Author: Ruth Rendell is the author of many novels, most recently the New York Times bestseller Thirteen Steps Down. She has won numerous awards, including three Edgars, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, and three Gold Daggers, one Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England's prestigious Crime Writer's Association.

About the Performer: DANIEL GERROLL has starred in the films Chariots of Fire, Big Business, and 84 Charing Cross Road. On Broadway he starred in David Hare's Plenty, The Important of Being Earnest, Enchanted April, High Society, and The Shaughraun (for which he won an Obie award). His television credits include Seinfeld and Sex in the City.