Master of the Moor

Master of the Moor
Master of the Moor  
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Author(s) Ruth Rendell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Hutchinson
Publication date April 5 1982
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 192 pp (first edition, paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-09-146930-9 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC Number 8735473
Preceded by Put on By Cunning
Followed by The Fever Tree

Master of the Moor (1982) is a crime novel by Ruth Rendell.

Synopsis

Columnist Stephen Walby, known as the Voice of Vangmoor, often goes on long walks through the countryside that lies outside his window. However, events take on a sinister turn when he stumbles across the body of a young woman, whose face has been badly disfigured and her hair shaven. After another corpse surfaces he finds himself under suspicion from the local police, and when he then goes on to discover that his wife has been having an affair, tragedy ensues...


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