Description

From “the ruling king of offense fiction” (Time-Out), a sequel to A Sight for Sore Eyes, among Rendell’s many favorite novels—featuring the outdated Inspector Wexford. Within the spectacular climax to Rendell’s vintage A Sight for Sore Eyes, three bodies—two lifeless, one living—are entombed within an underground chamber beneath an attractive Birmingham home. Twelve years later, whenever a manhole cover is drawn back, the house’s new proprietor makes a grisly discovery. Just today, the amount of systems is four.