Ruth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, From Doon With Death, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels.
With worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, Rendell was a regular Sunday Times bestseller. Her sixty bestselling novels include police procedurals, some of which have been successfully adapted for TV, stand-alone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Very much abreast of her times, the Wexford books in particular often engaged with social or political issues close to her heart.
Rendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for 1976’s best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986, and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.
Ruth Rendell died in May 2015. Her final novel, Dark Corners, is scheduled for publication in October 2015
In a college town two schoolgirls live with their widowed father Luke, a gentle well-educated man, meticulous and orderly. Elvira and Spinny are watchful however for Luke plans to remarry and has chosen Mary. The threat to the girls world is removed, however, when Mary falls to her death.
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR005079910
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Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. First Trade Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur GRP17142032
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Vendeur : Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First British Edition. THis copy is in very good condition, the text is clean and tight in binding. The bottom of the ftont cover of the jacket has been bumped, causing a tear and crinkling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur 034329
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Vendeur : First Class Used Books, Forsyth, MO, Etats-Unis
Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. George Underwood (illustrateur). 67 pages. No marks or writing in the book. Black and white illustrations. Corners are square. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Cover colors are bright. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur 013431
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Vendeur : Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : fine. First edition. First edition. Review copy with publisher's sticker front free endpaper. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 67 pp. Novella about the schoolgirl daughters of a widowed fathern a acedemic in a college town, Elvira reads Gothic literature and is much taken with Poe; Spinney fears ghosts and encounters them in the corridor of their home. When Dad plans to marry another academic, Mary Leonnard, the girls feel threatened. But when scaffolding climbs up the side of the town's cathedral, Mary falls to her death. It's hardly an accident but who is to blame? N° de réf. du vendeur E31603
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Vendeur : Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper, 1st edition. Sixteen-year-old Elvira's mother is dead. Elvira is sad, of course, but not so sad as her younger sister Spinny. Spinny is afraid their father, Luke, will be heartbroken, but Elvira knows better. N° de réf. du vendeur FM18.163
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Vendeur : Librería y Editorial Renacimiento, S.A., VALENCINA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, SE, Espagne
24x16. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta. 68 pgs. 643498. N° de réf. du vendeur MT4360H
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Vendeur : Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this stand-alone novel. Sticker shadow on the front cover. Earlier owner's name on the first colored-end page. In near fine / near fine condition. N° de réf. du vendeur 21899
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Vendeur : Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this stand-alone novel. Light edgewear. Light rubbing to the dustjacket. In near fine / near fine condition. N° de réf. du vendeur 29300
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Vendeur : Dodman Books, Morston, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. George Underwood (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Nicely illustrated novella from Rendell, in near-fine internal order, clean, crisp and bright throughout. Smart black and brown cloth boards lightly bumped. VG unclipped d/j a little rubbed. 8vo. 67pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 008673
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