| Simisola | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Ruth Rendell |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English7 |
| Series: | Inspector Wexford # 17 |
| Genre: | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher: | Hutchinson (UK) Crown (US) |
| Release Date: | 24 September 1994 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 348 pp |
| Isbn: | 0-09-179161-8 |
| Oclc: | 31331007 |
| Preceded By: | Kissing the Gunner's Daughter |
| Followed By: | Road Rage |
Simisola is a 1994 novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell. It features her recurring detective Inspector Wexford, and is the 17th in the series.[1] Though a murder mystery, the book also touches on the themes of racism, welfare dependency[2] and new forms of slavery.[3]
Dr Raymond Akande is Wexford's new GP and one of the few Black British people in Kingsmarkham. When Akande's daughter goes missing, and a body of a young black woman is found, Wexford is confronted by his own prejudices.[4]
The Daily Courier wrote about the book: "...some of it gets tedious, especially when characters who do not consider themselves racists search themselves for racist traits".[2]
The novel was adapted into a television film in the UK in 1996 and starred George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jane Lapotaire, and George Harris.