A review by tomhill
The Best Man to Die by Ruth Rendell

3.0

Younger Wexford is a bit more temperamental and sometimes downright mean, but at least he has a personality. This is a very straightforward murder mystery which Wexford methodically solves, step by step. He's also a bit pompous and sexist here. Not sure if that's a reflection of the time the book was written, or just another way to shade his character. At least he's a bit more complicated and flawed. And in true Wexford/Rendell fashion, two seemingly separate mysteries turn out to be connected. Another standard, satisfying whodunit.