Matthew Dennison

Fifty years of Inspector Wexford – and a new detective on the block

Ruth Rendell's The Girl Next Door is another quirky, satisfying mystery. But her fans have something else to celebrate

[Jerry Bauer] 
issue 16 August 2014
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  • The Girl Next Door

    Ruth Rendell

    Hutchinson, pp. 282

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