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Means Of Evil And Other Stories by Rendell, Ruth is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The collection contains five stories, all featuring Wexford:"Means of Evil""Old Wives Tales""Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle""Achilles Heel""When the Wedding Was Over”These Inspector Wexford stories show Rendell at her least distinctive—the full-length Wexfords and non-Wexford novels and stories are all superior—but Rendell never sinks below a certain, remarkably high, level. Best is the grittily monetary "Old Wives' Tale": the murder of a 92-year-old woman planning to enter a nursing home. (Prime suspect: her 70-year-old son-in-law!) Three other puzzles—poisonous mushrooms, a kidnapped baby, and odd behavior by fellow tourists in Yugoslavia—boast nice details and colorations (like Mrs. W.'s personality on vacation) but haven't the core originality one has come to expect from Rendell. And "When the Wedding Was Over," in which Wexford re-solves a historic old crime case from his armchair, is the sort of curiosity piece done better by others. Second-string Rendell, then—which means, by any other standards, perfectly solid and tremendously intelligent, invisibly stylish work.

Who reads Means Of Evil And Other Stories?

Author

Rendell, Ruth

Publisher

Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9781489393098

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

3.66 / 5 (207 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14