Not in the Flesh

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jun 2, 2009 - Fiction - 320 pages
After a truffle-hunting dog unearths a human hand instead of a precious fungus, Chief Inspector Wexford and his team proceed to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the errant appendage among the eighty-five people who have disappeared over the past decade in this part of England. Then, when a second body is discovered nearby, Wexford experiences a feeling that's become a rarity for the veteran policeman: surprise. As Wexford painstakingly moves to resolve these multiple mysteries, long-buried secrets are brought to daylight, and Ruth Rendell once again proves why she has been hailed as our greatest living mystery writer.
 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
5
Section 3
20
Section 4
39
Section 5
50
Section 6
58
Section 7
72
Section 8
81
Section 15
161
Section 16
170
Section 17
183
Section 18
195
Section 19
208
Section 20
220
Section 21
232
Section 22
244

Section 9
92
Section 10
105
Section 11
119
Section 12
130
Section 13
138
Section 14
150
Section 23
253
Section 24
264
Section 25
272
Section 26
284
Section 27
293
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RUTH RENDELL has won numerous awards, including three Edgars, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as three Gold Daggers, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writer’s Association. A member of the House of Lords, she lives in London.

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