A Sleeping Life

Death is always solitary. For some, so is life . . . Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this enthralling mystery of deception, doubt and death from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell ...

Probably the greatest crime writer in the world -- Ian Rankin
[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age -- Herald
A cracking good tale -- ***** Reader review
Rendell at her complex best-- ***** Reader review
Unputdownable-- ***** Reader review
A treat from start to finish -- ***** Reader review
Couldnt put it down -- ***** Reader review

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On a sultry August evening, the bloody body of a middle-aged woman is discovered beneath a hedge by a small boy.

There are only two things that surprise Wexford about the murder scene. One, that the only contents of the womans handbag are some keys and a wallet containing nothing but some money. And two, how even in death, her deathly grey eyes possess a scornful glare.

The woman turns out to be Rhoda Comfrey, but theres no murder weapon, no apparent motive, and no one who actually cares that she died.

Wexfords only hunch is that the clues to her murder must lie in her solitary London life. But her existence there becomes frustratingly impossible to trace.