Synopsis
Mary Jago donates her bone marrow to save the life of a complete stranger; a generous act of kindness that culminates in a violent break-up with her brutish boyfriend.
Moving to the affluent edge of London's famous Regent's Park, Mary believed she had finally escaped the threat of violence. She never thought that one simple act of kindness could put her own life in mortal danger.
When the bodies of local homeless people are found impaled on the park's railings, violently murdered by a deranged serial killer, Mary could not have suspected a connection to herself. But on the dark and mysterious streets of Rendell's labyrinthine London, everyone is trapped in her tightly woven web of murder and mystery.
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"The book's plotting is in the grand-master class, its suspense breathless, its denouement shattering" (Sunday Times)
"This time she has surpassed herself" (Antonia Fraser Sunday Telegraph)
"There's a manipulative plotter at work in The Keys to the Street, and it's the author" (John Mullan, The Guardian)
"Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell’s work is outstanding" (The Times)
"There are quite a few Ruth Rendells: the doyenne of the traditional English detective novel; the queen of the psychological thriller; the celebrated author of the literary thriller" (Mail on Sunday)
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London's wealthiest, poorest, kindest and most dangerous citizens all cross paths in Regent's Park. All it takes to bring them together is a series of brutally gruesome murders.
A thrilling exploration of London's criminal underbelly, from the world's best mystery writer and author of bestselling psychological thrillers including Thirteen Steps Down.
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