Harm Done

<b><i>Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this deliciously tense and suspenseful thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. An absolut ...

<b><i>Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this deliciously tense and suspenseful thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. An absolute page-turner you won't be able to stop reading...</i></b>
<b>'The Wexford books clearly display Rendell's great mastery of storytelling at its</b> <b>best' --</b> <b><i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b>
<b>'Rendell's detective fiction stands almost alone as a chronicle of the dark side of modern life...' --</b> <b><i>Independent</i></b>
<b>'Unputdownable' -- ***** Reader review</b>
<b>'Another cracker from Rendell!' -- ***** Reader review</b>
<b>'A masterpiece' -- ***** Reader review</b>
<b>'When does Ruth Rendell ever write anything other than excellent?' -- ***** Reader review</b>
<b>'Thought provoking and absorbing' -- ***** Reader review</b>
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<b>A young girl disappears, then another.</b>
A notorious paedophile is released back into the community. The residents of the <b>Muriel Campden Estate</b> are up in arms, and even prepared to take the law into their own hands...
<b>As a policeman, Chief Inspector Wexford</b> is faced with the effects of violence and prejudice every day.
His daughter, <b>Sylvia</b>, has come to work nearby in a refuge for battered women. Her marriage is not a happy one, although her husband has never raised a hand to her. They are merely incompatible. <b>Other women in Kingsmarkham are not so lucky...</b>
<b>Wexford is soon called upon to investigate two extremely serious crimes which will affect the lives and attitudes of police and innocent villagers alike...</b>