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The 60th anniversary edition with a new introduction by kate hamer.

An ordinary life. An extraordinary death.

The trampled grass led to the body of Margaret Parsons.

With no useful clues and a victim known only for her mundane life, Chief Inspector Wexford is baffled until he discovers Margaret's dark secret - a collection of rare books, each inscribed from a secret lover and signed only as 'Doon'.

Who is Doon? And could the answer hold the key to Wexford solving his first case?

Reviews:

'If crime fiction is currently in rude good health... this is in no small part thanks to Ruth Rendell' - IAN RANKIN

'A classic mystery, as true to life now as it was half a century ago' - MAIL ONLINE

'Ruth Rendell's mesmerising capacity to shock, chill and disturb is unmatched' - THE TIMES