From Doon with Death: The First Inspector Wexford Mystery

Ruth Rendell is renowned within the mystery genre for her popular Inspector Wexford series. This is her debut that started it all. Inspector Wexford cannot figure out why anyone would murder a timid housewife, until he happens upon her secret collection of rare books, all signed by someone named Doon. But who is Doon and what do they have to do with the victim? Rendell deftly combines police procedural with small town mystery.