Ruth Rendell: A Guilty Thing Surprised (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale's broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock. Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple -- wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world.

However, someone must have been alone with Elizabeth that night in the woods. Someone who hated -- or perhaps loved -- her enough to beat her to death.

The case seems straightforward. But Wexford soon learns that beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales' lives lie undercurrents and secrets no one ever suspected.

Ruth Rendell: A Guilty Thing Surprised. A Wexford Case. Arrow, ISBN 9780099534846 (October, 2009), 236 p., £7.99.

Ruth Rendell: A Guilty Thing Surprised (USA 1988)

From the Publisher:
Elizabeth Nightingale found peace and tranquility on her nightly walks through the rich, dense forests surrounding Myfleet Manor. But the peace she treasured was shattered one night when she found death waiting in the woods. Chief Inspector Wexford and his colleague Inspector Burden find a most unsavory case on their hands -- and must use all their wit and wisdom to solve it...

Ruth Rendell: A Guilty Thing Surprised. An Inspector Wexford Mystery. Ballantine, ISBN: 0345348117 (December, 1988), $6.99.