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The construction of a new highway threatens to erase the ancient woods of Framhust. Environmentalists quickly mobilize, but a radical group escalates the crisis by kidnapping five people, including the wife of Inspector Wexford. The Inspector must race against time to rescue them and protect the forest.
First publish date: September 3, 1998
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Ruth Rendell
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