{"product_id":"the-vault-9780099557357","title":"The Vault","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured in\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Crime Books of the Decade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe twenty-fourth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including \u003ci\u003eEnd in Tears\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThirteen Steps Down.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired from the crime force. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWexford takes great pleasure in his books, but, for all the benefits of a more relaxed lifestyle, he misses being the hand of the law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a chance meeting in a London street, with someone he had known briefly as a very young police constable, changes everything. Tom Ede is now a Detective Superintendent, and is very keen to recruit Wexford as an adviser on a mysteriou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth Rendell is a marvel, and in the latest Inspector Wexford mystery she's on cracking form ...A total page-turner - and one of Rendell's very, very best novels. -- A.N. Wilson\u003cbr\u003eEverything that is brilliant about Rendell's writing is present in abundance in this novel: the vivid scene-setting, the knife-sharp social observations, the tiny telling details that contribute so powerfully to characterisation . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Vault\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent addition to an incredibly impressive series. * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vault\u003c\/i\u003e sees Rendell for the first time marry the two genres she is master of: the psychological thriller and the police whodunit . . There's not a clue out of place or a shoehorned plotline in sight. * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003eNow Wexford has retired, Rendell has spotted an opportunity to bring her two strands together in a superb novel called \u003ci\u003eThe Vault . . . \u003c\/i\u003ethe author's sheer technical skill is evident as she effortlessly brings the original story up to date. Only a novelist whose characters feel intensely real to her could pull off such a coup. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vault\u003c\/i\u003e, as a sort-of-sequel is a bold attempt to combine Rendell's two chosen specialties: the police procedural and the psychological thriller. No one hides the clues better than her; no one else creates such a pervasive atmosphere of almost comic disgust and dread. * Evening Standard *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732295889239,"sku":"9780099557357","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099557357.jpg?v=1719996307","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-vault-9780099557357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}