Author | Ruth Rendell |
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Language | English7 |
Series | Inspector Wexford # 17 |
Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
Publisher | Hutchinson (UK) Crown (US) |
Publication date | 24 September 1994 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 348 pp |
ISBN | 0-09-179161-8 |
OCLC | 31331007 |
Preceded by | Kissing the Gunner's Daughter |
Followed by | Road Rage |
Simisola is a 1994 novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell. It features her recurring detective Inspector Wexford, and is the 17th in the series.[1] Though a murder mystery, the book also touches on the themes of racism, welfare dependency[2] and new forms of slavery.[3]
Dr Raymond Akande is Wexford's new GP and one of the few Black British people in Kingsmarkham. When Akande's daughter goes missing, and a body of a young black woman is found, Wexford is confronted by his own prejudices.[4]
The Daily Courier wrote about the book: "...some of it gets tedious, especially when characters who do not consider themselves racists search themselves for racist traits".[2]
The novel was adapted into a television film in the UK in 1996 and starred George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jane Lapotaire, and George Harris.