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Ruth Rendell
Put on by Cunning
Book #11 of the Inspector Wexford series
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Put on by Cunning

Sir Manuel Camargue, yesterday one of the most celebrated musicians of his time, today floats face down in the lake near his sprawling English country house. The consensus is accidental death — but Inspector Wexford knows the stench of murder most foul when he smells it. Particularly in the company of two suspects — one, the victim’s fiancee, who is too young to be true, the other his daughter who may be no kin and even less kind . . .

Death Notes is the American title for Put on by Cunning

Author: Ruth Rendell
Published: 1981
Page Count: 187

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