Simisola

{{short description|1994 novel by Ruth Rendell}}

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{{more citations needed|date=April 2012}}

{{infobox book |

| name = Simisola

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| image = File:Simisola.jpg

| border = yes

| caption = First edition (UK)

| author = Ruth Rendell

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English7

| series = Inspector Wexford # 17

| genre = Crime, Mystery novel

| publisher = Hutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)

| release_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 17th in the series.{{cite web |title=Fiction book review - Simisola by Ruth Rendell |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-517-70073-0 |website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=18 November 2020}} Though a murder mystery, the book also touches on the themes of racism, welfare dependency{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aCUOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i30DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3543,683188&dq=rendell+simisola&hl=en|title=Whodunit tries to be real novel|date=January 7, 1996|work=The Daily Courier (Arizona)|publisher=Prescott Newspapers|accessdate=17 April 2012}} and new forms of slavery.{{Cite book |last=Deandrea |first=Pietro |title=New Slaveries in Contemporary British Literature and Visual Arts: The Ghost and the Camp |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780719096433 |location=Manchester |pages=38–48 |language=en}}