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Harm Done
by Ruth Rendell, Christopher Ravenscroft
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Recorded Books (2001-03)
ISBN: 0788740334
EAN: 9780788740336
Binding/Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
SKU: BA08051120a
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Ex Library audio book with usual stamps and stickers. Cassettes in excellent condition, inside original box. Box has wear.Ships fast from smoke free home with email confirmation.Ships fast from smoke free home with email confirmation.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Two young girls disappear then return home unharmed some days later. Chief Inspector Wexford is concerned about a paedophile who has been recently released back into the Community but cannot foresee a series of serious crimes waiting to happen.
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Amazon.com Review
In Harm Done, Rendell has added a remarkable strand of acute social commentary to a book that still functions as an utterly compelling piece of detective fiction. In exploring the controversial subject of pedophilia, she takes the mainstay of her work--the problems of modern life--to a level of passion and commitment that gives the book a truly powerful underpinning. Back in the familiar Sussex town of Kingsmarkham, Rendell's dogged sleuth Wexford is investigating the strange abductions of two young girls: Rachel, a bright middle-class student, and Lizzie, a mentally disabled 16-year-old living with her unsympathetic parents on a grim council estate. When both girls return home, apparently unharmed, Wexford is faced with a curious mystery: what really happened to them? As Wexford begins to uncover the disturbing truth, the dark psychological world that Rendell is so adroit at exploring suddenly comes into focus. And her gift for sharp but concise characterization remains untouchable, as in the case of a reluctant witness: '''We don't talk about that sort of thing.' She very nearly but not quite tossed her head." --Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk
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