End in Tears - Ruth Rendell

End in Tears by Ruth Rendell has a well designed cover, making it a pleasure to pick up and read. I also found it an interesting and thought provoking read. I am not too much of a Wexford fan, even the name Kingsmarkham sounds so made up to me, and Wexford sounds like a cheese that never was. I have never done any police work, but I don't imagine it is probably done by cosy individuals like the Inspector who are not very good at computers.Presumably in order to redress this Rendell has introduced two new police colleagues,Detective Sergeant Hannah Goldsmith and DC Battacharya who provide some love interest, basically Hannah is a liberated individual who believes ...  Read the complete review

A block of concrete is dropped from a bridge and hits the car in front of the one driven by Amber Marshalson. A passenger in the car is killed. Some weeks later Amber’s father finds his daughter bludgeoned to death after a night out and it’s obvious to the police that Amber was the real target in the earlier attack. Why would anyone be so determined to kill an eighteen–year-old single mother? Where did Amber get the thousand pounds which she has in her bag and why has she recently been to Frankfurt with an acquaintance who has disappeared? I’ve been a fan of Ruth Rendell’s Chief Inspector Wexford novels since they first appeared more than a quarter of a ...  Read the complete review