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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.
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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"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
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"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
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.
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.
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0385132239
- ISBN 13 9780385132237
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages188
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