Blood Lines

Long and Short Stories

Ruth Rendell (Autor)

Software / Digital Media

2002
Cornerstone Digital (Hersteller)
978-1-84345-098-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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 both to Wexford and Burden that Tom Peterlee was not killed for 360 pound, 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 the second story, Browning's poem 'Porhiria's Locer' is the inspiration for murderous passion. In SHREDS AND SLIVERS, the accidental discovery of Amanita phalloides (a poisonous mushroom) leads to a game of Russian Roulette in a supermarket. 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 linger in the mind.

Autor

Ruth Rendell is crime fiction at its very best. Her first novel, From Doon With Death, appeared in 1964, and since then her reputation and readership have grown steadily with each new book. She has received major awards for her work; three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America; the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award for 1976's best crime novel, A Demon in My View; the Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981 for The Lake of Darkness; the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for 1986's best crime novel for Live Flesh; in 1987 the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for A Fatal Inversion and in 1991 the same award for King Solomon's Carpet, both written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine; the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990; and in 1991 the Crime Writer's Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding contribution to the genre. Her books are translated into 21 languages.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-84345-098-4 / 1843450984
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84345-098-6 / 9781843450986
• Zustand: Neuware