Going Wrong - Softcover

Rendell, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099808404 ISBN 13: 9780099808404

Publisher: Arrow, 2000

Synopsis

In Rendell's evocative portrayal of West London, the slums of Notting Hill Gate and the mews houses of Holland Park are not streets, but worlds, apart. When these two worlds collide, the repercussions are fatal.

Guy and Leonora were childhood sweethearts, and belonged to the same criminal gang. But as the wealthy Leonora grew older, they grew apart, and Guy's innocent love turned into a dangerous, psychopathic obsession.

When Leonora announces her engagement , Guy knows there must be some mistake - and he is determined to right it, at any cost. As he becomes the victim of his own murderous madness, nobody is safe...

About this title

Review:

"One of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language" (Scott Turow)

"This is a book that cannot be taken for granted and no reader should pass it by" (Anthony Clare Sunday Times)

"A natural storyteller" (Times Literary Supplement)

"Rendell’s eerier capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish" (The Times)

"There are quite a few Ruth Rendells: the doyenne of the traditional English detective novel; the queen of the psychological thriller; the celebrated author of the literary thriller" (Mail on Sunday)

Book Description:

A chilling tale of obsession and murderous love, from the world's greatest living crime writer and author of bestselling psychological thrillers including Thirteen Steps Down and Adam and Eve and Pinch Me.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0099808404
• ISBN 13: 9780099808404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256