The Best Man to Die, Ruth Rendell
The Best Man to Die, Ruth Rendell
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The Best Man to Die

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/08/2011


Synopsis

Charlie Hatton wanted fast money and conspicuous success, and he was prepared to cut any corners to get them. But before he could realize a single ambition, he was found dead at the edge of a river.

About Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell (1930–2015) won three Edgar Awards, 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 Writ­ers’ Association. Her remarkable career spanned a half century, with more than sixty books published. A member of the House of Lords, she was one of the great literary figures of our time.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on December 23, 2016

This is the 4th book in the Inspector Wexford series by author Ruth Rendell. I never manage to read this series in the order they were written but I don't feel that it deflects at all from my overall enjoyment. I have now read about 5 books in this series and although I have given them all a moderate......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on January 10, 2018

I'm slowly making my way through the Inspector Wexford books, and each one is an old-fashioned but not too old-fashioned pleasure: Rendell continues to use these as a showcase for the comfort-reading delight of blending Agatha Christie-style puzzle mysteries with a more real, textured world. The sty......more

Goodreads review by Denise on February 07, 2017

This 1969 Inspector Wexford mystery has compelling characters, plot and setting. It’s interesting to hear the author’s sociological comments from the 60’s point of view. The more things change, etc. Also notable – Fantastic Dog Description!!! Won’t give away spoilers but is almost a must read for th......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on February 24, 2019

This is book 4, and this one has the complex plot that one thinks of when Rendell is mentioned. Jack and Charlie are best friends, have been since they were schoolboys together. They are working class; Jack an electrician, Charlie a lorry driver. Jack and Charlie would do absolutely anything for eac......more

Goodreads review by Burnard on February 20, 2017

I was enjoying this until about two-thirds of the way through when this giant plot hole opened up that was never resolved. It essentially destroyed the story. Recall that in the beginning the aunt misidentified the dead girl from the car wreck because she was hideously burnt in the crash and, it is i......more