The Babes in the Wood
by Ruth Rendell
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Copyright: 2002
Book Club Edition
After weeks of rain, Chief Inspector Wexford has just finished moving his books and furniture upstairs to protect them from the rising waters when the telephone rings. Two local teenagers and their babysitter have gone missing. Wexford isn't particularly worried, since these things usually sort themselves out. But as hours stretch into days, he begins to suspect he has a kidnapping on his hands. The stakes get even higher when a member of the missing trio turns up dead in the woods nearby.
In the course of his investigation, Wexford must deal with a neighbor whose alibi is questionable, a religious cult and its sylvan rituals, someone close to the children's family who nurses a terrible secret, and the babysitter's ex-husband, who reveals the woman's hidden penchant for violence.
In The Babes in the Wood, Ruth Rendell draws the reader into a riveting story that alternates between Chief Inspector Wexford's domestic life -- his worries about the security of his home and his daughter's odd new boyfriend -- and his determination to see through a kaleidoscope of lies and bring a murderer to justice.
Condition: Used. Hardcover. Dust cover edges are rubbed. Pages may be tanning from age. Previous owner's blacked out address label is on the front endpaper.
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