Dark Corners: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Rendell, Ruth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1501119427 ISBN 13 : 9781501119422

Editeur : Scribner, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Praise for Ruth Rendell

“If you’re unfamiliar with Ruth Rendell, if you’ve somehow managed to miss her sixty or so books ... then, congratulations: Your reading life is about to get infinitely richer." (Jonathan Shapiro Los Angeles Times)

"No one surpasses Ruth Rendell when it comes to stories of obsession, istability, and malignant coincidence." (Stephen King)

“Unequivocally the most brilliant mystery writer of our time. (Patricia Cornwell)

“Rendell has for years, along with her friend P.D. James, been bringing new sophistication and psychological depth to the traditional English mystery.” (Washington Post)

“Ruth Rendell is my dream writer. Her prose style...has the disquieting intimacy of an alien touch in the dark.” (Marilyn Stasio The New York Times Book Review)

Praise for Dark Corners

“Every aspect of Ruth Rendell’s dark art is splendidly showcased in Dark Corners. One can’t say she saved the best for last, because a great many books by Ms. Rendell and her alter ego Barbara Vine are so splendid, but it’s among the best. You won’t put it down. I loved it.” (Stephen King)

"A worthy addition to the canon... Rendell once again exhumes the depths of obsession and traces each step in a sympathetic character's downward spiral. It has both a mythic element--all the trouble starts with a box that shouldn't have been opened--and a Victorian bent, in that it features an inheritance that dooms the recipient... This is stunningly suspenseful and often downright creepy." (Booklist, starred review)

"A spectacularly creepy and macabre tale from Rendell." (Entertainment Weekly)

“DARK CORNERS, Ruth Rendell’s final mystery novel, ranks among her best... Including those she published as Barbara Vine, DARK CORNERS is Ruth Rendell’s 66th novel — and her last. Rendell, who was made a life peer as Baroness Rendell of Babergh in 1997, died in May of this year at the age of 85.Throughout her prolific output, she maintained high standards, winning three American Edgars and multiple British awards for best mystery novel. One of her Inspector Wexford novels, A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970), was long-listed for the Lost Man Booker Prize. As a longtime fan of Rendell’s, I naturally wanted to give DARK CORNERS a positive review, and luckily itdeserves one...Let me finish by saluting the late Baroness Rendell in the proper British fashion: Well done, my lady.” (Dennis Drabelle, The Washington Post)

“Ruth Rendell’s final novel, DARK CORNERS, is a deliciouslydiabolical tale on a favorite theme: one person’s devouring of a weakerperson’s identity...Carl may be sitting pretty, but he’s just the sort ofweak-willed milquetoast Rendell enjoys tearing into little bits.” (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review)

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‘Rendell set an extraordinarily high benchmark in crime fiction that continued throughout her long career. She is revered by all who came after her.’ Ian Rankin

When Carl sells a packet of slimming pills to his close friend, Stacey, inadvertently causing her death, he sets in train a sequence of catastrophic events which begins with subterfuge, extends to lies, and culminates 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 with her distinctive blend of wry humour, acute observation and deep humanity, this is Rendell at her most memorable and best.

‘Rendell transformed what had become a staid and formulaic genre into a different kind of crime novel. She turned it into a prism for examining the world around her with a critical eye. ‘ Val MacDermid

‘Ruth Rendell has raised the game of the crime novel in this country through the sheer quality of
her writing.’
Peter James

‘Ruth Rendell deals quite seamlessly with social issues. She’s got a real grip on what makes people
do things.’
Val McDermid

‘Ruth Rendell gets into the mind not only of the hero but into the mind of the villain.’
Jeffery Deaver

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1501119427
• ISBN 13: 9781501119422
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240