The Speaker of Mandarin

The Speaker of Mandarin

infobox Book
name = The Speaker of Mandarin
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Ruth Rendell
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Inspector Wexford #12
genre = Crime, Mystery novel
publisher = Hutchinson
release_date = 7 February 1983
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 224 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-09-151060-0 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = The Fever Tree
followed_by = The Killing Doll

"The Speaker of Mandarin" is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1983. It is the 12th novel in her popular Inspector Wexford series.

Plot introduction

When Chief Inspector Reg Wexford takes a holiday to China, takes in the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, he doesn't expect his trip to revisit him in such a horrific way. Shortly after his return, he finds out that one of his fellow tourists from the trip has been killed in her home. A burglary, it seems like, but Wexford has other ideas.


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