The stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . . "The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world."--The Boston Globe Who could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be a prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? But it was--and Charlie's death sentence was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women.
Suspense is spiced with ironic twists as Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer. . . .
Praise for The Best Man to Die
"You cannot afford to miss Ruth Rendell!"
--The New York Times Book Review
"For readers who have almost given up mysteries . . . Rendell may be just the woman to get them started again."
--Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
"First-rate entertainment."
--Saturday Review