The Fallen Curtain and other stories
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"She can make a scene between two women sitting in a café as violent as anything you’ve seen between a couple of guys with baseball bats" (Mark Billingham)
"Wonderful at exploring the dark corners of the human mind, and the way private fantasies can clash and explode into terrifying violence" (Daily Mail)
"Ruth Rendell gets into the mind not only of the hero but into the mind of the villain" (Jeffery Deaver)
"Rendell’s eerier capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish" (The Times)
"Once her characters start twisting on every-tightening tracks, their fates are brilliantly sealed, and it’s never obvouis who’ll be the victim or the culprit. Rendell’s greatest trick is making an unforeseen outcome feel predestined" (Financial Times)
A nail-biting collection of short murder mystery stories, from the world's best living crime writer and author of bestselling psychological thrillers, including Thirteen Steps Down.
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Seller: Prairie Archives, Springfield, IL, U.S.A.
Good plus or better, bottom spine bumped, clean & tight hardbound Lightly edgeworn jacket, 1/2" tear top front, 1/4" tear bottom back. Seller Inventory # BOOKS051500
Seller: books4less (Versandantiquariat Petra Gros GmbH & Co. KG), Welling, Germany
gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 181 Seiten Das Buch befindet sich in einem ordentlich erhaltenen Zustand.Originalschutzumschlag vorhanden, jedoch beschädigt (kleinere Einrisse im Randbereich).In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300. Seller Inventory # 1646666
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£3.75). Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd small mark, minor fading to spine, small crease to back inner flap, one small bump/minor loss to back upper corner, the odd very small mark/spots of foxing to reverse (white side) and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Inside boards/end-papers bit tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. Pages little tanned. Occasional small marks/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 008486
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Seller: Court Street Books LLC, Florence, AL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Very nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, clean unmarked interior. Sturdy binding. The unclipped jacket has just minimal edge wear. Seller Inventory # 018558
Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. From the publisher: A collection of Ruth Rendell psychologically chilling murder mysteries. A wife plots her husband's psychological destruction - then his murder; a son is ruined by his mother's obsession; a man marries the woman he rescues from suicide, only to become the victim of her obsessiveness; and a family feud brings unimaginable horror. The book was awarded an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America. This copy is near fine in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Very slight bumping at the spine ends is the only issue. The unclipped DJ has slight shelf wear. A very nice copy overall. Seller Inventory # B1069
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
UK hardback first impression. VG in unclipped jacket with a touch od spine fade, a little edge rubbing and a small stain to reverse. Seller Inventory # ABE-1760449932205