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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.

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

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

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