The Best Man to Die: A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery (Inspector Wexford, #4)

by Ruth Rendell

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The stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . .

“The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world.”—The Boston Globe

Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be a prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? But it was—and Charlie's death sentence was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women.

Suspense is spiced with ironic twists as Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer. . . .

Praise for The Best Man to Die

“You cannot afford to miss Ruth Rendell!”The New York Times Book Review

“For readers who have almost given up mysteries . . . Rendell may be just the woman to get them started again.”—Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

“First-rate entertainment.”Saturday Review
  • ISBN10 0345345304
  • ISBN13 9780345345301
  • Publish Date 12 May 1987 (first published 22 April 1971)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.