Description
Returning from a holiday in China, Kingsmarkham’s popular policeman finds his quiet life disrupted by a fatal car accident that looks anything but accidental. As the crash reveals a hidden stash of methamphetamines and cash, the case draws him into a tense struggle between ordinary local lives and darker, more international forces. With a keen eye for character and place, the story unfolds through sharply observed scenes in a fictional Sussex market town, where loyalties are tested and motives shift under pressure. Blending Ruth Rendell’s psychological acuity with Michael Bryant’s brisk narrative momentum, the novel explores crime, deception, and the thin line between public respectability and private desperation.
Available Editions
paperback
Thorndike Press
Published Jan 1, 1983
353 pages
ISBN: 9780896214880
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Details
First Published
1983
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Speaker of Mandarin by Ruth Rendell.