A Judgement in Stone - Hardcover

Rendell, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385132239 ISBN 13: 9780385132237

Publisher: Doubleday, 1978

Synopsis

What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre?
On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective Chief Superintendent William Vetch arrests Miss Parchman two weeks later, he discovers a second tragedy: the key to the Valentine's Day massacre hidden within a private humiliation Eunice Parchman has guarded all her life. A brilliant rendering of character, motive, and the heady discovery of truth, A Judgement in Stone is among Ruth Rendell's finest psychological thrillers.

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Review

"A classic."-"The Times" (London)

"Rendell writes with such elegance and restraint, with such literary voice and an insightful mind, that she transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."-"Los Angeles Times

""It will be an amazing achievement if [Rendell] ever writes a better book."- "Daily Express "(London)

"Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."- "Time"

"A classic."-"The Times" (London)
"Rendell writes with such elegance and restraint, with such literary voice and an insightful mind, that she transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."-"Los Angeles Times
""It will be an amazing achievement if [Rendell] ever writes a better book."- "Daily Express "(London)
"Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."- "Time"

"A classic."-The Times (London)
"Rendell writes with such elegance and restraint, with such literary voice and an insightful mind, that she transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."-Los Angeles Times
"It will be an amazing achievement if [Rendell] ever writes a better book."- Daily Express (London)
"Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."- Time

Book Description

NOW A THEATRE PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY BILL KENWRIGHT, STARRING ANDREW LANCEL, SOPHIE WARD, DEBORAH GRANT AND SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD


It seems to be a straightforward, if bloody, crime. Four members of one family murdered by their housekeeper in a modern St. Valentine's Day massacre. But the tragedy neither began nor ended there.

A critically acclaimed novel from the author of bestselling crime thrillers including Thirteen Steps Down and the world-famous Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385132239
• ISBN 13: 9780385132237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188