The best man to die.

Description

The fourth in the Chief Inspector Wexford series, reissued in B format to tie-in with the long awaited new Wexford prequel, Monster in the Box.A man and his daughter lie dead after a car accident. Strangely, no other car was involved and no cause has been found. Wexford's only option is to wait and hope that the one surviving victim – the mother, Mrs Fanshawe – regains consciousness. But when she finally awakens six weeks later, Wexford's attention has already been distracted by a new and very violent case. Walking by the canal that same morning, Wexford discovered the bloody body of Charlie Hatton.The two cases are obviously unrelated, although something is bothering Wexford and he can't work out why or what. But just as he begins to wonder whether there could in fact be a connection, the unexpected occurs: the Fanshawe daughter, believed to be killed in the accident, appears at her mother's beside very much alive...

First Sentence

JACK PERTWEE was getting married in the morning and the Kingsmarkham and District Darts Club were in the Dragon to give him what George Carter called a send-off.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction

Other Editions

• The best man to die.Long1969-01-01
• The best man to dieHutchinson1969-01-01
• The best man to dieBallantine Books1975-01-01
• Qui a tué Charlie Hatton?Librairie des Champs-Élysées1976-01-01
• Best Man to Die, TheArrow Books Ltd1981-01-01
• Best Man to Die, ThePaperbackArrow Books Ltd1981-01-01