The stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . .“The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world.”—The Boston GlobeWho could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would  be a prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? But it was—and Charlie’s death sentence was only the first in a string of  puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women.Suspense is spiced with ironic twists as Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer. . . . Praise forThe Best Man to Die“You cannot afford to miss Ruth Rendell!”—The New York Times Book Review“For readers who have almost given up mysteries . . . Rendell may be just  the woman to get them started again.”—Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “First-rate entertainment.”—Saturday Review