A Judgement in Stone - Hardcover

Rendell, Ruth

3.9

7,348 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091290708 ISBN 13: 9780091290702

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1986

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A crime novel in which four members of one family are shot dead one Valentine's Day by their housekeeper, who is arrested for the crime two weeks later, but the tragedy neither begins nor ends there. From the author of THE REASON WHY, SIMISOLA and THE SPEAKER OF MANDARIN.

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Review:

"A classic."-"The Times" (London)

"Rendell writes with such elegance and restraint, with such literary voice and an insightful mind, that she transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."-"Los Angeles Times

""It will be an amazing achievement if [Rendell] ever writes a better book."- "Daily Express "(London)

"Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."- "Time"

"A classic."-"The Times" (London)
"Rendell writes with such elegance and restraint, with such literary voice and an insightful mind, that she transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."-"Los Angeles Times
""It will be an amazing achievement if [Rendell] ever writes a better book."- "Daily Express "(London)
"Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."- "Time"

"A classic."-The Times (London)
"Rendell writes with such elegance and restraint, with such literary voice and an insightful mind, that she transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."-Los Angeles Times
"It will be an amazing achievement if [Rendell] ever writes a better book."- Daily Express (London)
"Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."- Time

Book Description:

NOW A THEATRE PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY BILL KENWRIGHT, STARRING ANDREW LANCEL, SOPHIE WARD, DEBORAH GRANT AND SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD

It seems to be a straightforward, if bloody, crime. Four members of one family murdered by their housekeeper in a modern St. Valentine's Day massacre. But the tragedy neither began nor ended there.

A critically acclaimed novel from the author of bestselling crime thrillers including Thirteen Steps Down and the world-famous Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.

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