Road Rage (inspector Wexford S.)

  • ISBN: 0099470616
  • Author: Ruth Rendell
  • Description:
    Nobody has a better ear for the whine of the unloved and unappreciated than Ruth Rendell. Early in this Inspector Wexford adventure, a young woman who was bound and gagged during a robbery demands victim counselling; not long after, families of some people taken hostage quickly cluster themselves into a support group. The titular "road rage" is equally timely and politically correct: protestors have gathered from around the world to stop, by whatever means they can, a new motorway that will cut through some of the woods surrounding Wexford's fictional but endearing village of Kingsmarkham.
  • Pages: 389
  • Format: Paperback
  • Genre: Crime
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I enjoyed watching the Inspector Wexford mysteries on TV, so when I found this book while rummaging through the charity shops, I thought I would give Ruth Rendell a try.

A new bypass is planned for the town of Kingsmarkham and before the work begins various environmental and protest groups make their way to the local area. While some badger movers are attempting to relocate the badger population they find the body of German hitchhiker Ulrike Ranke. Although they quickly arrest someone for the murder they have to release him for lack of evidence. Mike Burden is convinced they had the right man but Reg Wexford is equally as convinced they don't. Before they carry out any more investigation into this murder some people start disappearing from around Kingsmarkham.

The disappearances turn out to be the work of a previously unheard of environmental group called Sacred Globe. They have taken five hostages and threaten to kill them unless the new bypass is completely abandoned. One of the hostages turns out to be Dora Wexford, Reg's wife. As the book progresses there are a lot of possible suspects who the kidnappers could be but as is usual with crime novels there are a few red herrings and a bit of a twist at the end. During the kidnap investigation they stumble upon some new evidence, which is the breakthrough they needed in the murder case. I couldn't really see why the murder was included, as there never appeared to be any link to the main kidnapping plot.

Although this book was a reasonable read I was at least half way through before I really got in to it. It wasn't exactly fast paced and never really a page-turner. There are authors in this genre that I prefer, but I have not been put off reading another book by Ruth Rendell. I guess you could say, it was okay.

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