A Sleeping Life: An Inspector Wexford Mystery: 10 - Softcover

Rendell, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375704930 ISBN 13: 9780375704932

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2000

Synopsis

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life.

In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary--the plain Polly Flinders--provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios--and suspects--behind the Comfrey murder.

Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally crafted, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life.

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Review

"Rendell is a master of the form." --The Washington Post Book World

"An unusual detective story. . .intelligent, well-written, with a surprising twist." --The Times Literary Supplement

"Ruth Rendell. . .retains her place of highest distinction in the field." --The New York Times Book Review

"The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world." --The Boston Globe

"No one can take you so totally into the recesses of the human mind as does Ruth Rendell." --The Christian Science Monitor

Book Description

The tenth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic crime fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.

Death is always solitary. For some, so is life...

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375704930
• ISBN 13: 9780375704932
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192