A Sleeping Life

A Sleeping Life is a crime-novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1978. It features her popular investigator Detective [Inspector Wexford], and is the tenth novel in the series.
A Sleeping Life was a finalist for the 1979 Edgar [Allan Poe Award for Best Novel]. It was one of two Inspector Wexford novels to have been shortlisted for either of the "big two" crime-fiction awards, the Edgar or the CWA Gold Dagger. An [Unkindness of Ravens] was also nominated in 1986.

Reception

In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "When Rendell writes crime-from-the-criminal-point-of-view, she is gripping and creepy. When she writes straightforward detection starring homely, countryish Inspector Wexford, she is even better".