Simisola

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Simisola
File:Simisola.jpg
First edition (UK)
Author Ruth Rendell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Inspector Wexford # 16
Genre Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Hutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)
Publication date
24 September 1994
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 16th in the series. Though a murder mystery, the book also touches on the themes of racism and welfare dependency.[1]

Plot summary

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.[2]

Critical reception

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".[1]

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The novel was filmed for television in the UK in 1996 and starred George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jane Lapotaire, and George Harris

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