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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Scribner
Publication date
October 27, 2015
Pages
228
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781501119422
ISBN-10
1501119427
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.88 lbs.
Original list price
$26.00
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A Banquet of Consequences | The Girl Next Door | Even Dogs in the Wild | A Demon in My View | From Doon With Death | The Girl Next Door | No Man's Nightingale | A Judgement in Stone | The Lake of Darkness
A Banquet of Consequences | The Girl Next Door | Even Dogs in the Wild | A Demon in My View | From Doon With Death | The Girl Next Door | No Man's Nightingale | A Judgement in Stone | The Lake of Darkness
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A spectacularly compelling story of blackmail, murders both accidental and opportunistic, and of one lifeâs fateful unraveling from Ruth Rendellââone of the most remarkable novelists of her generationâ (People)âwriting at her most acute and mesmerizing.
When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood. Carl needs cash, however, so he rents the upstairs room and kitchen to the first person he interviews, Dermot McKinnon. That was colossal mistake number one. Mistake number two was keeping his fatherâs bizarre collection of homeopathic âcuresâ that he found in the medicine cabinet, including a stash of controversial diet pills. Mistake number three was selling fifty of those diet pills to a friend, who is then found dead.
Dermot seizes a nefarious opportunity and begins to blackmail Carl, refusing to pay rent, and creepily invading Carlâs space. Ingeniously weaving together two storylines that finally merge in one shocking turn, Ruth Rendell describes one manâs spiral into darknessâand murderâas he falls victim to a diabolical foe he cannot escape.
This is masterful storytelling that gets under your skin, brilliant psychological suspense from Ruth Rendell. âNo one surpasses Ruth Rendell when it comes to stories of obsession, instability, and malignant coincidenceâ (Stephen King).
When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood. Carl needs cash, however, so he rents the upstairs room and kitchen to the first person he interviews, Dermot McKinnon. That was colossal mistake number one. Mistake number two was keeping his fatherâs bizarre collection of homeopathic âcuresâ that he found in the medicine cabinet, including a stash of controversial diet pills. Mistake number three was selling fifty of those diet pills to a friend, who is then found dead.
Dermot seizes a nefarious opportunity and begins to blackmail Carl, refusing to pay rent, and creepily invading Carlâs space. Ingeniously weaving together two storylines that finally merge in one shocking turn, Ruth Rendell describes one manâs spiral into darknessâand murderâas he falls victim to a diabolical foe he cannot escape.
This is masterful storytelling that gets under your skin, brilliant psychological suspense from Ruth Rendell. âNo one surpasses Ruth Rendell when it comes to stories of obsession, instability, and malignant coincidenceâ (Stephen King).
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Hardcover
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from Scribner (October 27, 2015)
9781501119422 | details & prices | 228 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.88 lbs | List price $26.00
About: A spectacularly compelling story of blackmail, murders both accidental and opportunistic, and of one lifeâs fateful unraveling from Ruth Rendellââone of the most remarkable novelists of her generationâ (People)âwriting at her most acute and mesmerizing.
About: A spectacularly compelling story of blackmail, murders both accidental and opportunistic, and of one lifeâs fateful unraveling from Ruth Rendellââone of the most remarkable novelists of her generationâ (People)âwriting at her most acute and mesmerizing.
from Gardners Books (October 22, 2015)
9780091959241 | details & prices | 288 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.24 lbs | List price $30.60
Paperback
Reprint edition from Scribner (November 15, 2016)
9781501119439 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $16.00
Library
Large print edition from Center Point Pub (January 1, 2016)
9781628998191 | details & prices | 295 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.06 lbs | List price $36.95
About: When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood.
About: When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood.
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