The Best Man to Die

Ruth Rendell
Random House Publishing Group
 9780345345301
0-345-34530-4

The stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . . "The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world."--The Boston Globe Who could have suspected that the exciting.

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stag party for the groom would be a prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? But it was--and Charlie's death sentence was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. Suspense is spiced with ironic twists as Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer. . . . Praise for The Best Man to Die"You cannot afford to miss Ruth Rendell!"--The New York Times Book Review"For readers who have almost given up mysteries . . . Rendell may be just the woman to get them started again."--Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine"First-rate entertainment."--Saturday Review