A Sleeping Life

A Sleeping Life

infobox Book |
name = A Sleeping Life
title_orig =
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image_caption = 1st edition hardcover
author = Ruth Rendell
cover_artist =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Inspector Wexford #10
genre = Crime novel
publisher = Hutchinson
release_date = 8 May 1978
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = ISBN 0-09-132540-4
preceded_by = A Judgement in Stone
followed_by = Make Death Love Me

"A Sleeping Life" is a crime-novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1978. It features her popular investigator Detective Inspector Wexford, and is the tenth novel in the series. It was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers' Of America Edgar Award, making it one of only Inspector Wexford novels ever to have been shortlisted for either of the "big two" crime-fiction awards, the Edgar or the CWA Gold Dagger, despite the series' huge commercial popularity. "An Unkindness of Ravens" was also nominated several years later.

Plot summary

The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman, biggish and gaunt. There was nothing to give Detective Chief Inspector Wexford her address, her occupation or even her identity - let alone any clues which might lead to her killer.


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