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020			_a9781400049301
082	0		_aMYS REN
100	1		_aRendell, Ruth _d(, 1930-2015)
245	1	4	_aThe babes in the wood _c/ Ruth Rendell
260			_aNew York _b: Crown Publishers _c, c2002.
300			_a325 p. _c; 25 cm.
500			_a Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2002.
520			_aAfter weeks of rain, Chief Inspector Wexford has just finished moving his books and furniture upstairs to protect them from the rising waters when the telephone rings. Two local teenagers and their babysitter have gone missing. Wexford isn't particularly worried, since these things usually sort themselves out. But as hours stretch into days, he begins to suspect he has a kidnapping on his hands. The stakes get even higher when a member of the missing trio turns up dead in the woods nearby. In the course of his investigation, Wexford must deal with a neighbor whose alibi is questionable, a religious cult and its sylvan rituals, someone close to the children's family who nurses a terrible secret, and the babysitter's ex-husband, who reveals the woman's hidden penchant for violence. In The Babes in the Wood, Ruth Rendell draws the reader into a riveting story that alternates between Chief Inspector Wexford's domestic life his worries about the security of his home and his daughter's odd new boyfriend and his determination to see through a kaleidoscope of lies and bring a murderer to justice.
650		4	_aWexford, Inspector (Fictitious character) _v--Fiction
650			_aPolice _z-England _v--Fiction
651			_aEngland _v--Fiction
655		7	_aMystery fiction
942			_cMO
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