- English Psychological fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, English Suspense fiction, Fiction
‘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…
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and contemporary.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Ruth Rendell
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Hutchinson, Arrow, Wheeler Pub.
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9785557125109
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Ruth Barbara Rendell is an English crime author (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Rendell>Wikipedia</a>).
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