Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
by Rendell, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0091791863
- ISBN 13
- 9780091791865
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0091791863 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; From the author of the best-selling Ruth Rendell mystery novels comes a collection of short stories that explore the intersections of family, love, and murder.In "The Wedding," a woman is desperate to mend her family's rift ahead of her daughter's wedding. In "The Sins of the Fathers," a man is haunted by the sins of his fathers. In "The Glass Menagerie," a woman tries to come to terms with the death of her husband. And in "A Perfect Day for a Wedding," a bride-to-be is haunted by the past.Ruth Rendell's trademark wit and insight are on display in these compelling stories, which explore the ways in which families and love intersect with murder.; 8vo; FSA .
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
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17855
- Title
- Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0091791863
- ISBN 13
- 9780091791865
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Fiction;
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