The Veiled One hospital, Detective Inspector Mike Burden must forge ahead alone in the investigation, and quickly narrows in on a suspect. However, without Wexford to rein Burden in, is he in danger of being too short-sighted? The Veiled One The Veiled One is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. It is the 14th entry in the Inspector Wexford series. The book begins when a garotted body is found in a deserted subterranean Kingsmarkham car-park. The victim is Gwen Robson, a middle-aged home help and resident of the town. However, before Wexford can investigate any further he is the victim of a
Inspector Hornleigh Inspector Hornleigh Inspector Hornleigh is a fictional British detective from Scotland Yard, the chief protagonist of a popular BBC radio series of the 1930s, "Inspector Hornleigh Investigates", devised by Hans Priwin and played by actor S. J. Warmington. The series ran on the BBC's National station from 1937 to 1940, as one element in a 50-minute show entitled "Monday Night at Seven". Each week Inspector Hornleigh interrogated various witnesses, one of whom makes some slip which convicts him. The radio audience were invited to match their wits against Inspector Hornleigh's, with the mistake the witness made not being disclosed until