El inspector Wexford viaja a China como asesor del gobierno en materia de prevención de delincuencia. Durante un paseo turístico conoce a un matrimonio inglés; de vuelta a Londres, descubrirá que la señora Knighton acaba de morir de un tiro.
Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired from the crime force. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coach house in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila. Wexford takes great pleasure in his books, but, for all the benefits of a more relaxed lifestyle, he misses being the hand of the law.
The fourth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Nothing is ever quite what it seems... A man and his daughter lie dead after a car accident.
Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor. It is a dark and forbidding place, but it is his. When the body of a young blonde woman is found there, her face horrifically disfigured, the victim of a merciless murderer, his beloved moor is tainted with suspicion and terror. Then a second woman goes missing...
There are only two things in life that interest Stanley: solving crossword puzzles, and getting his hands on his mother-in-laws money. And in all those years it has never once occurred to Stanley that she would try to outsmart him and the money might never be his.
A Ruth Rendell mystery, first published in 1980. Martin Urban wins the pools and decides to help those less fortunate. Finn also comes into money and wants to help people - but only if the price is right. The good intentions of the one become fatally entangled with the macabre madness of the other.
Ismay et Heather vivent dans la maison où est mort leur beau-père, neuf ans auparavant. Depuis, la demeure a été divisée en deux appartements : leur mère occupe celui du haut, Ismay et Heather se partagent l'autre. Si ces dernières s'entendent très bien, jamais elles n'évoquent les changements intervenus dans la maison, ni ce terrible jour d'août. Mais les mensonges cachés risquent de ressurgir...
Lectura graduada con textos adaptados según el nivel de conocimiento de vocabulario y estructuras gramaticales de los alumnos. Incluye CD audio con la grabación completa de la lectura y actividades a
'He had never told anyone The strange relationship, if it could be called that, had gone on for years, decades, and he had never breathed a word about it He had kept silent because he knew no one would believe him None of it could be proved, not the stalking, not the stares or the conspiratorial smiles, not the killings, not any of the signs Targo had made because he knew Wexford knew and could do nothing about it'...
Desde hace nueve años, Ismay tiene un sueño recurrente: sube las escaleras tras los pasos de su hermana menor, Heather, cuyo vestido se encuentra empapado. Al llegar al cuarto de baño del piso de arriba su madre le grita que no mire, pero ella ya ha visto el cuerpo de Guy, su padrastro, que yace ahogado en la bañera.Desgraciadamente para los Sealand, la escena fue real antes de convertirse en sueño. Ahora, tras nueve años de secretos y silencio, tanto Ismay como Heather tienen novio. El de Ismay se parece sospechosamente al difunto Guy. El de Heather vive con una madre extremadamente posesiva. Dos situaciones conflictivas que hacen que Ismay no le quite el ojo de encima a su hermana...A medio camino entre el thriller y la comedia negra, El agua esta esplendida es una nueva muestra de la capacidad de Ruth Rendell para conducir al lector por los mas reconditos y oscuros laberintos de la mente humana.Comparable con P. D. James en la historia de la novela negra britanica, Rendell es la autora de la novela en que se baso el filme de Almodovar Carne tremula."Una sintesis perfecta de Patricia Highsmith y Georges Simenon". El periodico."Solvente e impecable." The New York Times Book Review
One of the series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Wexford. The police knew all about Margaret Parsons - a religious, old-fashioned and respectable woman, as unexciting and dependable as her marriage. But it wasn't her life that interested Wexford - it was her violent, passionate death.
