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    End in Tears: A Wexford Novel
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    End in Tears: A Wexford Novel

    Written by Ruth Rendell

    Narrated by Daniel Gerroll

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 18, 2006
    ISBN9780739332047
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    End in Tears: A Wexford Novel
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    Ruth Rendell

    Ruth Rendell (1930–2015) won three Edgar Awards, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writ­ers’ Association. Her remarkable career spanned a half century, with more than sixty books published. A member of the House of Lords, she was one of the great literary figures of our time.

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    • 5/5
      At first there was no reason to link the killings. In fact, the first death could easily have been called an accident. When the car driven by Mavis Ambrose is struck by a falling chunk of concrete and she is killed, the police have absolutely no reason to suspect foul play in her death. However, the bludgeoning of gorgeous eighteen-year-old Amber Marshalson that follows several months later is clearly murder.In the midst of the hottest summer on record, Inspector Wexford is called in to investigate the Marshalson case. He quickly discovers a potential link between Mavis' death and Amber's murder: Amber was driving the car directly behind Mavis' when the piece of concrete crushed it. Whatever other ties both cases might have, Inspector Wexford is certain of one thing: whoever wanted the teenager dead was willing to kill twice. When a third body is found, the case takes a completely unexpected and quite a darkly disturbing turn. And as Inspector Wexford investigates the case further - the darker such realities become. In fact, the more Inspector Wexford digs into the case - and the closer that he gets to solving it - it inevitably leaves him feeling adrift; absolutely lost in a world that is seemingly without morals. I have always enjoyed reading Ruth Rendell's books and this one was no exception. I have actually read several earlier books from this series many, many years ago. However, while I'm not sure if it is because this is a later mystery in a rather long series, I found the mystery to be remarkably more complex than I was expecting. I had some trouble keeping all the characters straight in my mind, so the mystery became just the slightest bit confusing to me. Despite that, I would still give this book an A!
    • 3/5
      Inspector Wexford - a psychological mystery thriller set in Britain.
      Rendell is a favorite author and Wexford a favorite character.
      Enjoyable.
      Read in 2011.
    • 3/5

      I've long been a great fan of Ruth Rendell's (and Barbara Vine's!) standalone psychological thrillers, but somehow I've never taken as much to her Inspector Wexford mysteries . . . even though I was devoted to their tv adaptations, many years ago, starring the excellent George Baker. The early books in the series didn't quite hook me the way various of their rivals did; the later ones seem to me undecided as to whether to be psychological thrillers or detective novels, and end up dithering somewhere in between. All of that said, a mediocre Rendell novel is better than many other crime writers can manage at the top of their game.

      In this one, a local Kingsmarkham lass is beaten to death with a lump of concrete. Soon Wexford and his team realize this was in fact the second attempt on the girl's life: a few months earlier, someone had dropped a concrete block off a bridge in hopes of killing her, but had hit the wrong car. And, as the police deepen their investigation, another young woman connected with the case is bumped off, presumably by the same killer intent on covering up his tracks. In due course Wexford discovers the women were operating a particularly mean scam; unearthing this leads him to criminals aplenty, but he has to go a step further to identify the true murderer.

      All in all, good entertainment despite one or two loud plot-creaks.
    • 3/5
      My first exposure to inspector Wexford. I liked the character, but hated the character Hannah. Two girls murdered, surrogate mother (Wexford's daughter), restoration businessmen. I want to go back and catch more of Wexford, but definitely not if Hannah is part of the story line.
    • 3/5
      20th in the Inspector Wexford series. A man lies awake worrying about his daughter who's out late. She's often out late, but that doesn't stop him worrying, and this time he's right. When he goes out at first light to look for her, what he finds is her murdered body.Wexford's worrying about his own daughter, who has announced that she's going to be a surrogate mother for her ex-husband and his new partner. The murder of a teenage single mother is a little too close to home for him. And that's before there is a second murder of a young woman. The murders are clearly linked, but how?The plot's good, but I didn't enjoy this book as much as I have some of the earlier Wexfords. A major part of this is that Wexford's sidekick is such a cardboard stereotype of a humourless politically correct social justice activist who can't see her own prejudices that I felt I was being lectured. I nearly abandoned the book because I found it so irritating. I don't regret sticking with it, but it's not one I'm inclined to re-read.
    • 4/5
      Ruth Rendell's ability to maintain the quality of her Inspector Wexford series is really impressive. So is her ability to move with the times -- the Inspector ages, but adapts (with some bemusement) to the changing mores around him. This one, number twenty in the series, starts with the murder of a young woman, and proceeds through a web of characters and events -- including another murder. Along the way, we spend considerable time with the Inspector's politically-correct but endearing Sargent Hannah, and with other police characters. Meanwhile, there is drama in the Wexford family: what kind of drama I will leave to the reader, except to note that yes, it involves Sylvia. Altogether a very good read. I am so sad that I am nearing the end of the series, but there does lie before me the prospect of all the non-Wexford Ruth Rendells.
    • 4/5
      Good mystery, dealing with surrogacy, both legal and criminal. Several related plots kept me interested. Have always loved Wexford and his family. Ruth Rendell writes so well, adding food for thought to the mystery itself.
    • 4/5
      Like all good mystery stories, this had plenty of twists and turns, including a surprise at the end. A bit like Agatha Christie in that there was a long description of who did what to whom and how and why etc towards the end. A good read, but nothing special.
    • 5/5
      I love listening to the Chief Inspector Wexford's series. The reader, John Lee, is terrific with his different voices for each of the characters. I thoroughly enjoy the way Rendell has at least two or three stories all going at once which all interweave in some way. A great mystery story and I appreciated the way it was all explained in the end.
    • 3/5
      Bit more forced than Harm Done but still a good read
    • 4/5
      I love Wexford! If you're a mystery fan, you've read Rendell. If you haven't, get thee to a bookstore!
    • 3/5
      Middle aged British inspector investigates a baby surrogacy ring and juggles to understand the morals of young women and the people who use them. Lots of plot twists but in the end it's a very simple conclusion.
    • 4/5
      It was definitly not a good time for me to read this book, as I've been feeling a bit down and sad. And Ruth Rendell books are always a bit depressive, full of psychological stuff and lost of bla bla bla... It didn't get my attention, I found it a bit boring and was really tired of the book when I was halfway through it. Many times I just forgot what I had read and was a bit lost in the story. I'm not saying it was a bad book, just bad timing of mine...The ending was a little better than the rest, I wasn't really expecting one of the results, but as for giving us one of the "bad guys" so soon, it's difficult to keep interested...