# Sins of the Fathers

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rendell/sins-of-the-fathers/9780345342539

![Sins of the Fathers](https://quivercdn.com/covers/ballantine-books/ruth-rendell/sins-of-the-fathers_978-03-4534-253-9.jpg?v=2026-06-23%2014%3A56%3A05)

- Book: [Sins of the Fathers](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rendell/sins-of-the-fathers) ([Sins of the Fathers.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rendell/sins-of-the-fathers.md))
- Authors: [Ruth Rendell](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rendell)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4534-253-9
- Pages: 256
- Published: 1986-12-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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 they executed the right man. But...