ISBN |
9781788160148 (hardback) |
1788160142 (hardback) |
Name |
Rendell, Ruth, 1930-2015 See Also: Vine, Barbara, 1930-2015 author. |
Title |
A spot of folly : ten and a quarter new tales of murder and mayhem / Ruth Rendell. |
Published |
London : Profile Books, 2017. |
©2017 |
Description |
xi, 212 pages ; 24 cm |
Notes |
"With an introduction from Sophie Hannah". |
Contents |
Never sleep in a bed facing a mirror -- A spot of folly -- The price of joy -- The irony of hate -- Digby's wives -- The haunting of Shawley Rectory -- A drop too much -- The thief -- The long corridor of time -- In the time of his prosperity -- Trebuchet. |
Summary |
New and uncollected tales of murder, mischief, magic and madness. Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense: these are ten (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories, collected here together for the first time. In these tales, a businessman boasts about cheating on his wife, only to find the tables turned. A beautiful country rectory reverberates to the echo of a historical murder. A compulsive liar acts on impulse, only to be lead inexorably to disaster. And a wealthy man finds there is more to his wife's kidnapping than meets the eye. Atmospheric, gripping and never predictable, this is Ruth Rendell at her inimitable best. |
Subjects |
Adultery -- Fiction |
Murder -- Fiction |
Kidnapping -- Fiction |
Genre |
Short stories |
Detective and mystery fiction |
Thrillers (Fiction) |
Other Names |
Hannah, Sophie, 1971- writer of introduction. |
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