The Killing Doll - Softcover

 
9780345311993: The Killing Doll

Synopsis

In a shabby London suburb, sixteen-year-old Pup Yearman dabbles in magic. But for Pup's older sister Dolly, the magic is more than dabbling. Deformed by a facial birthmark, Dolly desperately wants to be cured, and her obsession with Pup's magic sends her on a dangerous downward spiral into confusion, madness, and possibly murder. And meanwhile, in a squalid boardinghouse not far away, a young Irishman sharpens a set of butcher knives . . .

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Review

"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)

"Ruth Rendell is surely one of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language. The extraordinary depth and accuracy of her psychological portraits is matched only by the rare inventiveness of her storytelling" (Scott Turow)

"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)

"The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time" (Patricia Cornwell)

Review

'Rendell’s psychological insights are so absorbing, it’s easy to forget what a superb plotter she is' (The Times)

'The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time' (Patricia Cornwell)

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