Not in the flesh

Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury-a human hand. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death. The only clue is...

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Main Author: Rendell, Ruth, 1930-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2007.
Series:Rendell, Ruth, 1930-2015. Inspector Wexford ; 21.
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100 1 |a Rendell, Ruth,  |d 1930- 
245 1 0 |a Not in the flesh /  |c Ruth Rendell. 
260 |a New York :  |b Vintage Crime/Black Lizard,  |c 2007. 
300 |a 303 pages 
490 0 |a Inspector Wexford series ;  |v 21 
590 |a Genre sticker: Mystery. 
520 |a Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury-a human hand. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death. The only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Although the police database covers a relatively short period of time, it stores a long list of Missing Persons. So Wexford knows he is going to have a job on his hands to identify the corpse. And then, only about twenty yards away from the woodland burial site, in the cellar of a disused cottage, another body is discovered. The detection skills of Wexford, Burden, and the other investigating officers of the Kingsmarkham Police Force, are tested to the utmost to see if the murders are connected and to track down whoever is responsible. 
650 0 0 |a Wexford, Inspector (Fictitious character)  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Police  |z England  |z Sussex  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Sussex (England)  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Mystery fiction  |z England.  |2 local 
800 1 |a Rendell, Ruth,  |d 1930-2015.  |t Inspector Wexford ;  |v 21. 
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