Murder Being Once Done

Murder Being Once Done

Author	Ruth Rendell
Language	English
Series	Inspector Wexford #7
Genre	Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher	Hutchinson (UK) The Crime Club (US)
Publication date	17 July 1972
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	192 pp
ISBN	0-09-111600-7
OCLC	694262
Dewey Decimal	823/.9/14
LC Class	PZ4.R4132 Mu PR6068.E63
Preceded by	No More Dying Then
Followed by	Some Lie and Some Die

Murder Being Once Done is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1972. ^[1] It is the seventh entry in her popular Inspector Wexford series.

Reception

Lenore Glen Offord of the San Francisco Examiner wrote: "Highly interesting cross-section of English middle class life provides the basis for the straight-detection item, with all the fine characterizations and surprises that one expects of Rendell." ^[2] The Lewiston Evening Journal called it a "fine example of brilliant characterization, neat plotting realism and pace to command the fullest possible attention of the reader from the first paragraph to the final punctuation mark." ^[3] Ruth Vastine of The Press of Atlantic City stated: "There are sections of the book which describe the countryside and other various locations and some of these are overdone. Nonetheless, the story is a very involving and successful who-done-it." ^[4]

References

1. "MURDER BEING ONCE DONE | Kirkus Reviews". 3 November 1972.
2. Offord, Lenore Glen (24 December 1972). "The Gory Road". San Francisco Examiner . Retrieved 18 March 2025.
3. "Rendell Turns The Key Again". Lewiston Evening Journal . 2 June 1973. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
4. Vastine, Ruth (8 April 1973). "'Going Home': Bloody". The Press of Atlantic City . Retrieved 18 March 2025.