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In "A New Lease of Death", Ruth Rendell brings back her renowned detective, Chief Inspector Wexford, to re‑open the unsolved murder of the elderly Mrs. Primero. Fifteen years earlier, Wexford had declared the case closed after the community agreed that odd‑job man Painter was the perpetrator. Now Henry Archery’s son, engaged to Painter’s daughter, refuses to accept the verdict and insists the truth remains buried. Archery’s inquiry into the witnesses’ memories stirs old secrets and questions whether the original investigation was as definitive as it seemed.
First publish date: May 1, 1995
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Ruth Rendell
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