Sins of the Fathers
by:
Ruth Rendell (author)
It was a brutal, vicious crime -- sixteen years old. A helpless old woman battered to death with an axe. Harry Painter hung for it, and Chief Inspector Wexford is certain they executed the right man. But Reverend Archery has doubts . . . because his son wants to marry the murderer's beautiful,...
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It was a brutal, vicious crime -- sixteen years old. A helpless old woman battered to death with an axe. Harry Painter hung for it, and Chief Inspector Wexford is certain they executed the right man. But Reverend Archery has doubts . . . because his son wants to marry the murderer's beautiful, brilliant daughter. He begins unravelling the past, only to discover that murder breeds murder -- and often conceals even deeper secrets . . .
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Format: Paperback
ASIN: B018EXFGYY
Publish date: 1964-07-01
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Edition language: English
bookshelves: summer-2015, published-1967, tbr-busting-2015, sussex, series, mystery-thriller, betrayal, britain-england, games-people-play, midlife-crisis, moral-high-ground, pecuniarilly-challenged Read on June 21, 2015 Read by............... Nigel AnthonyTotal Runtime......... 6 Hours 53 Mins...
Although billed as the second Inspector Wexford book, Wexford is really a bit player in this one. The story in the main belongs to the Reverend Henry Archery, who seeks out Wexford looking to re-open a case that was closed 16 years before.Wexfords first solo murder case was apparently open and shut...
Clunkiest of the Wexford novels. Maybe it gets better, but I set it aside after about 100 pages.
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