Make Death Love Me: a nightmarish mystery of desire and deceit from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell - Softcover

Rendell, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099223309 ISBN 13: 9780099223306

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd., London, 1994

Synopsis

The potent and murky impulses of desire, greed, obsession and fear combine with deadly results in this compelling psychological thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Perfect for readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.

'A fine novel of suspense' -- Financial Times
'Rendell's psychological insights are so absorbing, it's easy to forget what a superb plotter she is' -- The Times
'Ruth Rendell's books are not only whodunits but whydunits, uncovering the motive roots of murder' -- Mail on Sunday
'Pretty much perfect' -- ***** Reader review
'Had me glued from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review
'Loved this book, a real page turner with a really good end!' -- ***** Reader review
'A superb work which, as always, keeps you gripped from beginning to end!!' -- ***** Reader review
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Alan Groombridge is trapped. Husband to a woman he doesn't like, father to two children he never wanted, and manager of a tiny branch of the Anglian-Victoria bank, he is doomed to a life of domestic boredom and tedious routine.

All that keeps him afloat is his one fantasy: stealing enough of the bank's money to allow him just one year of freedom - one year in which to live a different sort of life.

But one day the bank is robbed, the manager and cashier disappear and what was once a place of dull and dreary repetition becomes the scene of a brutal, chilling nightmare that might never end...

About this title

About the Author

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, was published in October 2015.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd., London
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099223309
• ISBN 13: 9780099223306
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216