Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Ruth Rendell |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Wexford # 15 |
| Genre | Crime, mystery novel |
| Publisher | Hutchinson (UK) Mysterious Press (US) |
Publication date | January 1992 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 345 pp |
| ISBN | 0-09-175218-3 |
| OCLC | 26302136 |
| Preceded by | The Veiled One |
| Followed by | Simisola |
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter is a 1992 novel by the British mystery writer Ruth Rendell, featuring the recurring character Inspector Reg Wexford. The title refers to historical corporal punishment in the Royal Navy where a sailor kissing the gunner's daughter was lashed to a cannon to receive a flogging.