A New Lease of Death - Couverture souple

Rendell, Ruth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091742919 ISBN 13 : 9780091742911

Editeur : Hutchinson, 1990

Synopsis

Part of a new series of paperbacks designed as a collector's set, this novel is the one in which Wexford handles his first murder alone. Ruth Rendell has won the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger for her novel "A Demon in My View" and an Edgar Award for her story "The New Girl Friend".

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

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

Quatrième de couverture

'I only know the Painter case was an open and shut affair,' said Chief Inspector Wexford. 'And nobody's got a hope in hell of showing he didn't do it.'

It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning to death of an elderly lady in her home. Even more so when it's your first murder case.

Wexford believed he'd solved Mrs Primero's murder fifteen years ago. It was no real mystery. Everyone knew Painter, her odd-job man, had done it. There had never been any doubt in anyone's mind. Until now...

Henry Archery's son is engaged to Painter's daughter. Only Archery can't let the past remain buried. He wants to prove Wexford wrong, and in probing into the lives of the witnesses questioned all those years ago, he stirs up more than old ghosts.

'Ruth Rendell's mesmerising capacity to shock, chill and disturb is unmatched' The Times

A WEXFORD CASE
Chief Inspector Wexford is one of the most memorable detectives ever created.
Ruth Rendell's timeless Wexford novels continue to intrigue, enthral and surprise readers time and time again.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091742919
• ISBN 13: 9780091742911
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 186
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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