A Judgement in Stone.
by Rendell, Ruth
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- first
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1977. On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective Chief Superintendent William Vetch arrests Miss Parchman two weeks later, he discovers a second tragedy: the key to the Valentine's Day massacre hidden within a private humiliation Eunice Parchman has guarded all her life. "Rendell writes with such elegance and restraint, with such literary voice and an insightful mind, that she transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime" (Los Angeles Times). The novel was filmed twice: The Housekeeper starred Rita Tushingham as the illiterate maid, and La Cérémonie, directed by Claude Chabrol, where Sandrine Bonnaire played the role.
Synopsis
A Judgement In Stone is a 1977 novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, widely considered to be one of her greatest works. The novel is famous in the world of crime fiction for its opening line: "Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4619
- Title
- A Judgement in Stone.
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Ruth Rendell First Edition
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