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 films were made because Sim wished to move on to other projects in order to avoid being typecast. A subsequent television adaptation was made in West Germany in 1961, with Helmut Peine appearing as Hornleigh. The character appears in: 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