7.6 /10 1 Votes
Country United Kingdom Series Inspector Wexford #12 Pages 224 pp Genres Crime Fiction, Mystery | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 7 February 1983 Originally published 7 February 1983 Followed by An Unkindness of Ravens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Preceded by Put on By Cunning, No Man's Nightingale Publishers Hutchinson (UK), Pantheon Books (US) Similar Ruth Rendell books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Speaker of Mandarin is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1983. It is the 12th novel in her popular Inspector Wexford series.
Plot introduction
When Chief Inspector Reg Wexford takes a holiday to China, takes in the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, he doesn't expect his trip to revisit him in such a horrific way. Shortly after his return, he finds out that one of his fellow tourists from the trip has been killed in her home. It seems like a burglary, but Wexford has other ideas.
References
The Speaker of Mandarin Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA