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End in Tears (Abridged): A Wexford Novel Audiobook
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The award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and The Rottweiler brings us another gripping Inspector Wexford novel. A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The driver behind is spared. But only for a while... One particular member of the local press is gunning for the Chief Inspector, distinctly unimpressed with what he regards as old-fashioned police methods. But Wexford, with his old friend and partner, Mike Burden, along with two new recruits to the Kingsmarkham team, pursue their inquiries with a diligence and humanity that make Ruth Rendell’s detective stories enthralling, exciting and very touching.
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"This one did really intrigue me from the beginning. Who would want to kill an 18 year old girl living at home with an illegitimate child? What does the offer of an apartment have to do with anything? Why are the murders committed with building materials? This one comes together nicely with some very interesting characters."
— Mary (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Meticulous and coolly malicious…Flat-out brilliant.”
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“Within the flexible moral framework of Rendell’s world, all it takes is a murder to bring out the nastiness in everyone. She’s flat-out brilliant at using her quintessentially decent detective and his family, along with his colleagues on the Kingsmarkham police force, to test whatever issues happen to be upending the established order. While not as suspenseful as her non-series crime novels or as dark as the psychological thrillers she writes as Barbara Vine, this carefully plotted whodunit functions as both a subtle case study in the criminal aberrations of parental love and a sly object lesson in the evils of intolerance.”
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“Rendell casts a particularly wry eye at Wexford’s attempts to adapt to particulars of today’s world, from unwed mothers to global warming and quite a bit more. At the top of that list is Wexford’s extraordinarily politically correct subordinate, Hannah Goldsmith, ever on guard for displays of racism or sexism, who finds herself attracted to an Indian inspector whose courtship manners are strictly Old World. Goldsmith provides the mystery with humor, a touch of romance, and its inevitable hairsbreadth escape.”
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“Once again Rendell provides a thoughtful mystery, persistent suspense, and a welcome return to Kingsmarkham.”
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“Suspense and surprise…Rendell displays her incomparable skills to full effect.”
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“An unpredictable denouement…Rendell is in top form here.”
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“Against [a] sinister backdrop stands Wexford, who’s in lion-in-winter mode. He’s irked and perplexed by modern life, by the casual way young girls conceive babies, by the sprawl devouring the once-lush Sussex countryside, even by his own fractious family. But he never loses the anger and dedication that propel him to solve crimes and understand evil…Rendell fans…should be well satisfied.”
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“Plot twists abound for those into neck-snapping plots.”
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“Wexford emerges from an intricate web of red herrings to identify a sadly amateurish scam and a surprising killer. Average for Rendell’s distinguished list of whodunits, which makes it just a whisker below state of the art.”
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“Rendell’s serpentine plot and quirky characters are well served by Daniel Gerroll’s narration. His wry rendering of Wexford is a highlight, and he conveys the dispositions of all of the characters without apparent effort. He’s also adept at emphasizing the story’s grace notes of dark humor.”
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Rendell knows how to make your hair stand up straight on your head
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Rendell’s eerie capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish
— The Times
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Long-listed for the 2007 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
End in Tears Listener Reviews
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" Another Wexford mystery. OK but a lot of characters to keep up with. And in the end, I didn't really care 'who done it'. "
— Maura, 2/14/2014 -
" It started slowly for me, but grew more interesting as the interwoven elements became more well-connected. Some aspects seemed a bit far-fetched. "
— Jim, 2/13/2014 -
" The longing to have a baby can be so very strong. In this book it leads to two murders, one of a family member. There is also a sub plot going on of a surrogacy scam and some romance between two of the police investigators. In the end, Wexford figures it all out by interpreting a glance. "
— Carmen, 1/15/2014 -
" A mystery to the very last page!! "
— Mary, 12/28/2013 -
" A nice distraction, I'm glad there are so many of her books out there for me to read. "
— Joanne, 12/25/2013 -
" Still good after about 40 years! "
— MaryAnn, 11/30/2013 -
" Good who-dun-it. I enjoy her books. "
— Kevin, 10/31/2013 -
" A great Inspector Wexford mystery as he tries to connect two seemingly unrelated murders of two young girls who thought they had found their golden egg in the underworld of surrogacy and women desperate for children of their own. "
— Brenda, 9/15/2013 -
" Not one of her best. And disturbingly misogynistic, come to think of it. Why did I give it three stars again? "
— Susie, 9/12/2013 -
" A real British mystery. Rendell is a master. Even down to Chief Inspector explaining the whole thing to us at the end. "
— Cyndee, 5/10/2013 -
" adequate English mystery "
— Mary, 3/14/2013
About Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell (1930–2015) wrote more than sixty novels in a career spanning fifty years. She won numerous awards for her writing, including three Edgars—the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America—as well as four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writer’s Association. She was also the winner of the MWA Grand Master Award. A longtime member of the House of Lords, she lived in London.
About Daniel Gerroll
Daniel Gerroll is an award-winning British actor who has many Broadway productions to his credit. He studied law and philosophy at Nottingham University and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and has won an Obie Award for sustained excellence in theater. He has also won five AudioFile Earphones Awards.