A review by judythereader
The Babes in the Wood, by Ruth Rendell
4.0
It's late fall and Kingsmarkham is underwater with floods creeping ever higher. A couple comes home from a trip to Paris and finds their two teenagers and their sitter missing. The quick to find the worst case scenario mother automatically assumes they are all dead and drowned, but Inspector Wexford is not so sure.
I enjoy these novels, even though I often find it easy to solve. Not because there aren't enough red herrings, but because Rendell likes to take on a different social issue in each one. Although, truthfully, she tackles a few in this: partner abuse, fundamental religion, narcissicistic self-entitlement of the modern wealthy, overly protective parents and overly demanding ones.
I make it sound like a social study and that's sort of what a good mystery is too me. Probably why I love Miss Marple so much.
I enjoy these novels, even though I often find it easy to solve. Not because there aren't enough red herrings, but because Rendell likes to take on a different social issue in each one. Although, truthfully, she tackles a few in this: partner abuse, fundamental religion, narcissicistic self-entitlement of the modern wealthy, overly protective parents and overly demanding ones.
I make it sound like a social study and that's sort of what a good mystery is too me. Probably why I love Miss Marple so much.