From Doon with Death

From Doon With Death

First edition (UK)
Author Ruth Rendell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Inspector Wexford #1
Genre Crime / Mystery novel
Publisher John Long (UK)
The Crime Club (US)
Publication date
1964
Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages 182 pp (Arrow edition)
ISBN 0-09-920350-2 (Arrow edition)
OCLC 16605281
Followed by A New Lease of Death

From Doon with Death was the debut novel of British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1964.[1] The story was later made into a movie in 1988. The novel introduced her popular recurring character Inspector Wexford, who went on to feature in 24 of her novels.

Plot summary

The police knew all about Margaret Parsons. She was a religious, old-fashioned and respectable woman, as unexciting and dependable as her marriage. But it wasn't her life that interested Wexford - it was her violent, passionate death. Inspector Wexford becomes interested in her death after finding a number of letters from the mysterious Doon.[2]

Criticism and context

Although the identity of the victim's lover "Doon" would not be much of a surprise to the 21st century reader, at the time of its release it was considered ground-breaking and daring, and this novel immediately garnered Rendell international critical attention.

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