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The new Chief Inspector Wexford novel from the UK's best-loved crime writer. A lump of concrete is dropped from a little stone bridge over a lonely road, but it kills the wron

Ruth Rendell has won many awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a second Edgar in 1984 from the Mystery Writers of America for the best short story, 'The New Girl Friend', and a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986. She was also the winner of the 1990 Sunday Times Literary award, as well as the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger. In 1996 she was awar...

Hinter den schönsten Fassaden lauern die dunkelsten Abgründe ... Preston Still ist wohlhabend, erfolgreich, Familienvater - und er hat ein dunkles Geheimnis. Unglücklicherweise weiß das AuPair-Mädchen der Familie darüber Bescheid. Die junge Frau ist Mitglied der Gesellschaft der heiligen Zita, einer Vereinigung von Dienstboten, die für die Anwohner des noblen Londoner Hexam Place arbeiten und deren Absichten ihren Arbeitgebern gegenüber nicht ...

A spectacularly creepy and macabre tale" (Entertainment Weekly) of blackmail, murders both accidental and opportunistic, and of one life's fateful unraveling—from Ruth Rendell, "one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation" (People), writing at her most 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 kit...

The final novel from the much-missed, bestselling crime author, who died in May 2015. A dark and atmospheric tale of psychological suspense, with mistaken identity, kidnap, blackmail and a cast of realistic characters. More than 8 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide. Now in paperback.

A spectacularly creepy and macabre tale” (Entertainment Weekly) of blackmail, murders both accidental and opportunistic, and of one life's fateful unraveling—from Ruth Rendell, "one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation” (People), writing at her most mesmerizing. Rendell completed Dark Corners shortly before her death in 2015.When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood....

When Carl sells a box of slimming pills to his close friend Stacey, inadvertently causing her death, he sets in train a sequence of catastrophic events which begin with subterfuge, extend to lies, and culminate in murder.In Rendell's dark and atmospheric tale of psychological suspense, we encounter mistaken identity, kidnap, blackmail, and a cast of characters who are so real that we come to know them better than we know ourselves. Infused wit...

Mix Cellini is obsessed. And not just with the supermodel he's been stalking. He's also fascinated by the Reggie Christies life, a serial killer hanged fifty years ago. So when things get difficult, Mix turns to his hero, Reggie Christie, for inspiration. And Reggie was a man for whom murder began as a practical solution and became a matter of appetite.

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Rendell delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of one of London's most intriguing neighborhoods, Notting Hill--and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer.

From one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation ("People") comes a psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London apartment building, the secrets they keep, and how knowing too much about one's neighbors might be deadly.

From the bestselling author of ME AND MR DARCY, a romantic comedy that looks at being single again, finding true love and how it can all get very, very complicated. Grace has moved in - with Spencer, who is handsome, reliable and wants to marry her. Or does he? Unlike Grace, Jimi's wedding day is just around the corner. He knows he's found the one for him. Or has he? Because when he bumps into his ex, Grace, something suddenly doesn't feel rig...

Jock Lewis died in the Paddington train crash.When a mysterious dark-haired man appears at Minty's home, at work, even in the cinema, she knows it must be Jock's ghost.As this mystery man of shadows returns, and five women are haunted by a living nightmare, Minty begins to wonder...

A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fiancée's double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide-only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness... In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain, Ruth Rendell-the grande dame of the lit...

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS From crime legend Ruth Rendell, the gripping new novel in her "beloved” (USA Today) Inspector Wexford series, which will soon mark its fiftieth anniversary.A female vicar named Sarah Hussain is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. Maxine, the gossipy cleaning woman who finds the body, happens to also be in the employ of former Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford and his wife...

Niveau B1 Intermediate Level 8. - 9. Klasse / 1.600 Wörter Chief Inspector Wexford und das Gericht sind sich sicher: Der Mord an einer alten Dame wurde von deren Angestellten Painter begangen. Doch dann stellt Henry Archery, dessen Sohn mit Painters Tochter verlobt ist, unbequeme Fragen...

From Ruth Rendell, "the reigning queen of crime fiction" ("Time Out"), a sequel to "A Sight for Sore Eyes, " one of her most beloved novels.

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS Diamond Dagger Award-winning Ruth Rendell has written a psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London terrace, the secrets they keep, and what they will do to hide them.Is it dangerous to know too much about your neighbors? When Stuart Font decides to throw a housewarming party in his new flat, he invites all the people in his building—three flippant young...