Harm Done

Harm Done

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name = Harm Done
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author = Ruth Rendell
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Inspector Wexford # 18
genre = Crime, Mystery novel
publisher = Hutchinson
release_date = September 1999
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 394 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-09-180133-8 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = A Sight for Sore Eyes
followed_by = Piranha to Scurfy

Harm Done is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, published in 1999. The novel is part of her popular Inspector Wexford detective series, and examines themes such as paedophilia and domestic violence.


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