Road Rage (novel)
{{short description|1997 novel by Ruth Rendell}}
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{{infobox book |
| name = Road Rage
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| image =
| caption = First edition (UK)
| author = Ruth Rendell
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series = Inspector Wexford # 17
| genre = Crime, mystery novel
| publisher = Hutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)
| release_date = 4 September 1997
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 336 pp
| isbn = 0-09-179230-4
| oclc = 246968691
| preceded_by = Simisola
| followed_by = Harm Done
}}
Road Rage is a 1997 novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/02/ruth-rendell-and-pd-james-giants-of-detective-fiction|title=Ruth Rendell and PD James: giants of detective fiction|last=Mark Lawson|author-link=Mark Lawson|date=2 May 2015|work=The Guardian|accessdate=22 November 2015}} Its protagonist is Inspector Wexford, and is the 17th entry in the series. The novel's main themes are the environment and environmental activism.
Reception
Diane Fisher Johnson of the Lexington Herald-Leader opined that the novel is "above all, the tight, well-crafted crime story Rendell's readers expect."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/691671394|title= Road-building takes a deadly turn|last= Johnson|first= Diane Fisher|date= 14 September 1997|website= Lexington Herald-Leader|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}} James King of The Hamilton Spectator wrote that Wexford "has never been rendered more poignantly than in this outing", calling the novel the "strongest Wexford ever."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/1012890820|title= The Queens of Murder|last= King|first= James|date= 29 November 1997|website= The Hamilton Spectator|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}} Sue Ann Wood of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the novel "much more than a police procedural" and a "superb example of that genre."{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/137707424|title= Road Rage, Brit Style: Take It Literally|last= Wood|first= Sue Ann|date= 14 September 1997|website= The Hamilton Spectator|publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2025|quote=}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{The Inspector Wexford Novels}}
Category:Novels by Ruth Rendell
Category:Environmental fiction books
Category:Hutchinson (publisher) books
Category:Inspector Wexford series
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