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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; imposture; moderate thriller tension
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological complexity; identity fraud; grief exploited; Wexford's methodical exposure of a deception
What this book is about
A renowned flautist dies in a car accident, and his daughter — who he had not seen in years — arrives to claim her inheritance. But Inspector Wexford suspects the young woman is an impostor. As he investigates the fraud, a murder investigation opens beneath it. The tenth Wexford novel is one of Rendell's most elegant, combining a character study of grief with a classic identity mystery.
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Identity fraud
Murder
Inheritance fraud
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