Sins of the Fathers Author:Ruth Rendell It was a brutal, vicious crime-sixteen years old. A helpless old woman battered to death with an axe. Harry Painter hung for it, and Chief Inspector Wexford is certain that they executed the right man. — Only Reverend Archery has doubts..because he son wants to marry the murderer's beautiful, brilliant daughter. So he begins unravelling the p... more »ast to discover that murder breeds murder -- and often conceals even deeper secrets.« less