End in Tears

2005 novel by Ruth Rendell

End in Tears

First edition (UK)

Author| Ruth Rendell
Language| English
Series| Inspector Wexford # 20
Genre| Crime/Mystery novel
Publisher| Hutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)

Publication date

| 20 Oct 2005
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages| 366 pp
ISBN| 0-09-179641-5
OCLC| 62080784
Preceded by| The Babes in the Wood
Followed by| Not in the Flesh

End in Tears (2005) is a novel by English crime writer Ruth Rendell, the twentieth in her acclaimed Inspector Wexford series.[1]

## Synopsis

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When a lump of concrete is thrown from a bridge and into passing traffic one dark night, the wrong motorist dies. The killer soon rectifies his mistake, however, and Inspector Wexford finds himself under attack from the local press because of his 'old-fashioned' policing methods. Meanwhile, the difficult relationship he shares with his daughter Sylvia takes on new dimensions, as the case makes him ponder the terrible possibility of losing a child...

## Reception

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The novel was very well received by critics, and in 2007 received a nomination for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

## References

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1. ^ "END IN TEARS | Kirkus Reviews". 25 July 2006.

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Ruth Rendell

Inspector Wexford novels|

* From Doon with Death
* A New Lease of Death
* Wolf to the Slaughter
* The Best Man to Die
* A Guilty Thing Surprised
* No More Dying Then
* Murder Being Once Done
* Some Lie and Some Die
* Shake Hands Forever
* A Sleeping Life
* Put on By Cunning
* The Speaker of Mandarin
* An Unkindness of Ravens
* The Veiled One
* Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
* Simisola
* Road Rage
* Harm Done
* The Babes in the Wood
* End in Tears
* Not in the Flesh
* The Monster in the Box
* The Vault
* No Man's Nightingale

Stand-alone novels|

* To Fear a Painted Devil
* Vanity Dies Hard
* The Secret House of Death
* One Across, Two Down
* The Face of Trespass
* A Demon in My View
* A Judgement in Stone
* Make Death Love Me
* The Lake of Darkness
* Master of the Moor
* The Killing Doll
* The Tree of Hands
* Live Flesh
* Heartstones
* Talking to Strange Men
* The Bridesmaid
* Going Wrong
* The Crocodile Bird
* The Keys to the Street
* A Sight for Sore Eyes
* Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
* The Rottweiler
* Thirteen Steps Down
* The Thief
* The Water's Lovely
* Portobello
* Tigerlily's Orchids
* The Saint Zita Society
* The Girl Next Door
* Dark Corners

As Barbara Vine|

* A Dark-Adapted Eye
* A Fatal Inversion
* The House of Stairs
* Gallowglass
* King Solomon's Carpet
* Asta's Book
* No Night is Too Long
* The Brimstone Wedding
* The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
* Grasshopper
* The Blood Doctor
* The Minotaur
* The Birthday Present
* The Child's Child

Short story collections|

* The Fallen Curtain
* Means of Evil
* The Fever Tree
* The New Girlfriend
* The Copper Peacock
* Blood Lines
* Piranha to Scurfy
* A Spot of Folly

TV series|

* The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
* The Barbara Vine Mysteries

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