A Guilty Thing Surprised

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A Guilty Thing Surprised
Author	Ruth Rendell
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Inspector Wexford # 5
Genre(s)	Crime novel
Publisher	Hutchinson
Publication date	16 March 1970
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
ISBN	ISBN 0-09-101340-2
Preceded by	The Best Man to Die
Followed by	No More Dying Then

A Guilty Thing Surprised is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. It was first published in 1970, and is the 5th entry in her popular Inspector Wexford series.

[edit] Plot summary

When Elizabeth Nightingale was beaten to death, it seemed a straightforward enough case. But Detective Chief Inspector Wexford discovered that beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales' lives there were undercurrents and secrets that no one had ever suspected.

v • d • e Ruth Rendell — The Inspector Wexford Novels From Doon with Death • Wolf to the Slaughter • A New Lease of Death • The Best Man to Die • A Guilty Thing Surprised • No More Dying Then • Murder Being Once Done • Some Lie and Some Die • Shake Hands Forever • A Sleeping Life • Put on by Cunning • The Speaker of Mandarin • An Unkindness of Ravens • The Veiled One • Kissing the Gunner's Daughter • Simisola • Road Rage • Harm Done • The Babes in the Wood • End in Tears • Not in the Flesh