The Vault (novel)

The Vault
	First edition (UK)
Author	Ruth Rendell
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Inspector Wexford # 23
Genre	Crime/Mystery novel
Publisher	Hutchinson
Publication date	2011
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	368 pp
ISBN	9780091937102
Preceded by	The Monster in the Box
Followed by	No Man's Nightingale

The Vault is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, published in 2011. The novel is the 23rd in the Inspector Wexford series. It is a sequel to her previous standalone novel A Sight For Sore Eyes.^[1] The novel is the first sequel Rendell has written, and the first to feature Wexford in retirement.

Plot summary[]

Reg and Dora Wexford have moved from Kingsmarkham to a renovated London Coachhouse owned by their daughter Sheila.^[2] Although Wexford has retired he acts as a consultant to a friend who works for the Metropolitan Police. Together they investigate the mystery of the remains of four bodies which have been discovered in Orcadia Cottage, an old house situated in the suburb of St. John's Wood.^[3]

References[]

^ Kerridge, Jake (1 August 2011). "Ruth Rendell's Wexford is now an OAP but, at 81, the author's own life is far from quiet retirement, finds Jake Kerridge". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^ Barfoot, Joan (January 28, 2012). "Rendell gets better with age". The London Free Press. Quebecor Media Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^ "Vault, by Ruth Rendell". 23 October 2011.

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[Daily_Telegraph_-_01Aug2011-_Ruth_Rendell’s_Wexford_is_now_an_OAP_but,_at_81,_the_author’s_own_life_is_far_from_quiet_retirement,_finds_Jake_Kerridge-1] Kerridge, Jake (1 August 2011). "Ruth Rendell's Wexford is now an OAP but, at 81, the author's own life is far from quiet retirement, finds Jake Kerridge". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

[London_Free_Press_-_28Jan2012_-_Rendell_gets_better_with_age-2] Barfoot, Joan (January 28, 2012). "Rendell gets better with age". The London Free Press. Quebecor Media Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

[3] "Vault, by Ruth Rendell". 23 October 2011.

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Inspector Wexford novels	From Doon with Death A New Lease of Death Wolf to the Slaughter 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 The Monster in the Box The Vault No Man's Nightingale
Stand-alone novels	To Fear a Painted Devil Vanity Dies Hard The Secret House of Death One Across, Two Down The Face of Trespass A Demon in My View A Judgement in Stone Make Death Love Me The Lake of Darkness Master of the Moor The Killing Doll The Tree of Hands Live Flesh Heartstones Talking to Strange Men The Bridesmaid Going Wrong The Crocodile Bird The Keys to the Street A Sight for Sore Eyes Adam and Eve and Pinch Me The Rottweiler Thirteen Steps Down The Thief The Water's Lovely Portobello Tigerlily's Orchids The Saint Zita Society The Girl Next Door Dark Corners
As Barbara Vine	A Dark-Adapted Eye A Fatal Inversion The House of Stairs Gallowglass King Solomon's Carpet Asta's Book No Night is Too Long The Brimstone Wedding The Chimney Sweeper's Boy Grasshopper The Blood Doctor The Minotaur The Birthday Present The Child's Child
Short story collections	The Fallen Curtain Means of Evil The Fever Tree The New Girlfriend The Copper Peacock Blood Lines Piranha to Scurfy A Spot of Folly
TV series	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries The Barbara Vine Mysteries