The Secret House Of Death: a compelling psychological thriller from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell - Softcover
It was his third visit to the gloomy house on Orchard Drive. Each time, he parked in the same place. Each time, he carried a briefcase. And each time, Louise North greeted him at the door.
Susan Townsend was the only resident with no interest in the affair going on next door, or in the neighbourhood gossip about it. Yet it was Susan who found the murdered bodies of the lovers, locked not in passion, but in death. And it was Susan whose own life would be imperilled by a monstrous crime far beyond the imaginings of the vilest gossiping tongues.
A classic Rendellian murder mystery.
Susan Townsend was the only resident with no interest in the affair going on next door, or in the neighbourhood gossip about it. Yet it was Susan who found the murdered bodies of the lovers, locked not in passion, but in death. And it was Susan whose own life would be imperilled by a monstrous crime far beyond the imaginings of the vilest gossiping tongues.
A classic Rendellian murder mystery.
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"The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world" (Boston Globe)
"Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell’s work is outstanding" (The Times)
"Ruth Rendell's books are not only whodunits but whydunits, uncovering the motive roots of murder" (Mail on Sunday)
"Rendell’s psychological insights are so absorbing, it’s easy to forget what a superb plotter she is" (The Times)
"One of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language... A writer whose work should be read by anyone who either enjoys a brilliant mystery – or distinguished literature" (Scott Turow)
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"Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell’s work is outstanding" (The Times)
"Ruth Rendell's books are not only whodunits but whydunits, uncovering the motive roots of murder" (Mail on Sunday)
"Rendell’s psychological insights are so absorbing, it’s easy to forget what a superb plotter she is" (The Times)
"One of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language... A writer whose work should be read by anyone who either enjoys a brilliant mystery – or distinguished literature" (Scott Turow)
A crime of passion brought to life by the world's greatest living mystery writer and author of psychological thrillers, including Thirteen Steps Down.
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- PublisherArrow
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0099286602
- ISBN 13 9780099286608
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- Number of pages192
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