Simisola
by Ruth Rendell
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"It's probably nothing," says Dr. Akande to Chief Inspector Wexford, who gets his usual chill upon hearing these words. "I'm trying in vain to locate my daughter Melanie." As Wexford's investigation of this missing person continues over days and weeks, it becomes his unhappy job to counter the tenuous hopes of the doctor and his wife. It is Wexford's professional opinion that Melanie is, in all likelihood, dead.
A murdered woman is found: not Melanie, but the last person known to have seen and spoken to her. A second woman's body is discovered, again not Melanie's but, like her, young and black. A third woman turns up beaten and unconscious; like the previous victim, she is of Nigerian origin. That there is a connection is obvious. Exactly what it is that links these women and their misfortunes is the vexing mystery.
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Simisola
September 16, 1997, Random House Value Publishing
Hardcover
in English
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Simisola
December 1, 1996, Paperback Nova Audio Books
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in English
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Simisola
October 2, 1996, Random House Value Publishing
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in English
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Simisola
1995, Random House Large Print in association with Crown Publishers, Distributed by Random House
in English
- 1st large print ed.
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Simisola
1995, Chivers, Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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- Large print ed.
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Simisola (Inspector Wexford)
October 5, 1995, Arrow Books Ltd
Paperback
- New Ed edition
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Simisola (Bookcassette(r) Edition)
October 1, 1995, Bookcassette
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged multitrack edition
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Simisola: The New Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery (Chief Inspector Wexford Mysteries)
December 1995, Chivers Audio Books
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
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"There were four people besides himself in the waiting room and none of them looked ill."
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Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham. One of them is Wexford's new Doctor, Raymond Akande. When the doctor's daughter, Melanie, goes missing, the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case. Melanie, just down from university but unable to find a job, disappeared somewhere between the Benefit Office and the bus stop. Or at least no one saw her get on the bus when it came. According to her parents, Melanie was happy at home. She had recently broken up with her boyfriend but, until now, there had been no cause to worry about her. And no one liked to voice the suspicion that something might have happened, that Melanie might be dead ...
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