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2. The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Wikipedia

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   Part 1: Wexford investigates when a young German girl mysteriously disappears from outside a pub, and a group of environmentalist stage a sit in to prevent a bypass from being built through a forest. Part 2: Wexford's wife Dora is released by the terrorists, but young Roxanne is found dead, and young Ryan has apparently defected to the terrorists.

3. Inspector Wexford - Wikipedia

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   The Wexford series of novels are set in "Kingsmarkham", a fictional town in Sussex. [2] Kingsmarkham has been reported as "inspired by Midhurst in West Sussex". [3]Rendell says that Kingsmarkham "is not romantic at all, (with) ugly modern buildings, huge supermarkets, open car lots and bus garages, and sprawling blocks of local authority housing with the police station a concrete box of tricks ...

4. Ruth Rendell - Wikipedia

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   The Inspector Wexford series was successfully televised, starring George Baker as Inspector Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burden, under the title The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, with 48 episodes from 1987 to 2000. Rendell praised Baker's performance, stating "It was a marvellous achievement as an actor to make him more and ...

5. The Speaker of Mandarin - Wikipedia

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   The Speaker of Mandarin is a detective novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1983.It is the 12th novel in her popular Inspector Wexford series. The plot follows the popular Kingsmarkham (a fictional market town in the county of Sussex) policeman as he returns from a holiday to China and investigates the death of another tourist.

6. Simisola - Wikipedia

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   It features her recurring detective Inspector Wexford, and is the 17th in the series. [1] Though a murder mystery, the book also touches on the themes of racism, welfare dependency [2] and new forms of slavery. [3]

7. Some Lie and Some Die - Wikipedia

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   It is the 8th entry in her popular Inspector Wexford series. The book was adapted in 1990 into a TV movie starring Peter Capaldi. [1] Plot

8. The Monster in the Box - Wikipedia

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   As a young detective constable he investigated the murder of Elsie Carroll. Wexford suspects that while her husband purported to be at a whist club, he was actually with his mistress when his wife was killed. George Carroll was acquitted of his wife's murder on a technicality, but was still shunned by Kingsmarkham residents; Wexford believes ...

9. From Doon with Death - Wikipedia

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   From Doon with Death was the debut novel of British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1964. [1] The story was later made into a movie in 1988. The novel introduced her popular recurring character Inspector Wexford, who went on to feature in 24 of her novels.