The Speaker of Mandarin
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Ruth Rendell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Wexford #12 |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Hutchinson (UK) Pantheon Books (US) |
Publication date | 7 February 1983 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | 0-09-151060-0 |
| OCLC | 9517069 |
| Preceded by | Put on By Cunning |
| Followed by | An Unkindness of Ravens |
The Speaker of Mandarin is a detective novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1983. It is the 12th novel in her popular Inspector Wexford series. The plot follows the popular Kingsmarkham (a fictional market town in the county of Sussex) policeman as he returns from a holiday to China and investigates the death of another tourist.