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      A Guilty Thing Surprised

      by Ruth Rendell
      Published
      Jan 1970
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      208
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      An Inspector Wexford Mystery Book 5

      About This Book

      EVERYONE LOVED ELIZABETH
      --including one man who had no right to. For it was clear that the glamorous mistress of Myfleet Manor had slipped away from her husband to meet a secret lover-and had met her death instead.

      Was her lover the killer? Or was he the cause? Either way, he had to be found--and with alibis crumbling before their eyes, motives multiplying and scandal erupting, Chief Inspecter Wexford and his straitlaced assistant, Burden, pressed the search for him.
      And when they found him, they wished they hadn't...

      Series Placement

      Book 5
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      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

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      Aug 1981 Random House ISBN13 9780345296924 ISBN10 0345296923
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      Jul 1984 Random House ISBN13 9780345318602 ISBN10 0345318609
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      Feb 1994 Arrow (UK) ISBN13 9780099235002 ISBN10 0099235005
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      Nov 2009 Arrow (UK) ISBN13 9780099534846 ISBN10 0099534843
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      Oct 2012 Random House ISBN13 9780307829542 ISBN10 0307829545
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      Mar 1995 Chivers Audio Books ISBN13 9780745143996 ISBN10 0745143997
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      Jan 1970 AudioGO ISBN13 9780893403164 ISBN10 0893403164
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