The Speaker Of Mandarin: a brilliantly chilling and captivating Inspector Wexford novel from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell (Wexford, 25) - Softcover

"The most brilliant mystery writer of our time" (Patricia Cornwell)

"Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world" (Ian Rankin)

"Through the quality of her writing she's raised the game of the crime novel in this country" (Peter James)

The twelfth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

Wherever Reggie Wexford goes, death and intrigue are close on his heels. Having just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in China, Wexford finds himself haunted by memories of the old woman with bound feet who mysteriously followed him from one city to the next and the man who tragically drowned.

Now, back in England, he finds himself investigating the murder of a fellow tourist. Knowing that the clue to these three mysteries lies in the East, Wexford turns his investigative skills to that place of unfathomable and sinister depths...