A Guilty Thing Surprised
Ruth Rendell Audio Book

The Nightingales were always a very happy couple. But someone had reason to quarrel with Elizabeth. Someone who was alone with her in the woods on a dark September night. Someone who loved or hated her enough to beat her until she died.

The Nightingale case seemed straightforward enough on the surface. But Detective Chief Inspector Wexford soon discovered that beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales’ lives there were undercurrents and secrets no one had ever suspected...

Ruth Rendell, who also writes under the name of Barbara Vine, has won many awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger and two Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America. She has also won the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.