Blood Lines - long and short stories - signed by author
by Ruth Rendell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091791863
- ISBN 13
- 9780091791865
- Seller
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About This Item
Hutchinson, Sydney, 1995. First Edition - printed in Australia. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by author in felt pen on title page. Light age and reading wear. 184 pages. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crime Fiction; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0091791863. ISBN/EAN: 9780091791865. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55397. . 9780091791865
Synopsis
‘I think you know who killed your stepfather’ said Wexford. So begins this scintillating collection of long and short stories by Ruth Rendell. It was clear to both Wexford and Burden that Tom Peterlee was not killed for £360, but various people would have liked them to think he was… It is a case which reminds the Chief Inspector that there is only a thin line dividing the cop from the criminal. The criminal impulse may be present in the most routine or intimate situation. In this second story, Browning’s poem, ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, is the inspiration for the murderous passion. In Shreds and Shivers the accidental discovery of Amanita phalloides (a poisonous mushroom) leads to a game of Russian Roulette in a supermarket. With unerring insight and deceptive economy of style, Ruth Rendell probes behind the passions of everyday life to pinpoint the frailties, the desires and deceptions, the guilty secret of human beings.The book ends with The Strawberry Tree, a disturbingly evocative novella-length tale of lost innocence set on the island of Majorca. It is a triumphant conclusion to a collection of stories that will linger in the mind.
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- Bookseller
- Turn the Page Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55397
- Title
- Blood Lines - long and short stories - signed by author
- Author
- Ruth Rendell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition - printed in Australia
- ISBN 10
- 0091791863
- ISBN 13
- 9780091791865
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB25 Crime Fiction; Signed by Author ISBN: 0091791863 EAN: 9780091791865 Ruth Rendell Blood Lines - long and short stories - signed by author
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