Synopsis
An accountant takes his mother to his home for the weekend with the view of improving relations between her and his second wife, but on their arrival, his wife is found strangled.
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Review
"Rendell’s eerier capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish" (The Times)
"The Wexford books clearly display Rendell’s great mastery of storytelling at its best" (Sunday Telegraph)
"England’s premier detective-thriller writer" (Spectator)
"Chief Inspector Wexford is Rendell’s most enduring and best creation" (Daily Telegraph)
"Ruth Rendell's books are not only whodunits but whydunits, uncovering the motive roots of murder" (Mail on Sunday)
Book Description
The ninth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series. Perfect for both collectors and new fans of award-winning crime novelist Ruth Rendell, the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.
Play with death. Deal with the Devil.
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Shake Hands Forever
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1975
ISBN 10: 0385099398
ISBN 13: 9780385099394
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Shake Hands Forever
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Doubleday, 1975
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Shake Hands Forever
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Doubleday Crime Club, NY., 1975. First Edition, First Printing. VERY GOOD+ hardcover book in NEAR FINE dust-jacket. Rubber stamp on bottom edge of page block stating it is the property of U.S. Navy. Bottom of front board has a bump. Spine of dj is toned. Small chip at head of dj's spine. Previous owner writing in corner on front free end paper. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Seller Inventory # SKU1022402
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Shake Hands Forever
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First Edition. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact; white boards with brown lettering stamped on spine; 184pp. Jacket is toned with light shelf wear to top and bottom edges, some wear to spine edges, and creasing at top corners of front cover and along flaps. Board edges very lightly bumped with slight indentation and small black smudge on front board, some bumping to bottom board edge; binding is sound with textblock unmarked, light toning throughout textblock. A Very Good copy. Signed by the author on title page. Seller Inventory # 32691