Synopsis
A clerk who believes he has decoded the messages of an actual spy ring, instead of a schoolboys' complex game, plans to use the network to find the man who has stolen away his wife
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Review
"Strange, disturbing, seductive" (Newsweek)
"Stunningly clever - another notable example of Miss Rendell's ingenuity and versatility" (Spectator)
"Rendell knows how to make your hair stand up straight on your head" (Maeve Binchy)
"The mistress of mystery" (Daily Mirror)
"Ruth Rendell is not only the finest crime novelist there is, but one of the finest novelists writing in the English language" (Scotsman)
Book Description
Why adults should never indulge in child's play...
A psychologically disturbing story from the world's greatest mystery writer and author of bestselling crime thrillers, including Thirteen Steps Down.
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Talking to Strange Men
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1987
ISBN 10: 0394563247
ISBN 13: 9780394563244
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Talking to Strange Men
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1987
ISBN 10: 0394563247
ISBN 13: 9780394563244
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Talking to Strange Men
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ISBN 10: 0394563247
ISBN 13: 9780394563244
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Talking to Strange Men: A Novel of Suspense
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Pantheon Books, New York, 1987
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Talking to Strange Men
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book and dust jacket condition is very good. Stated first American edition. Jacket has minor shelfwear and minor edge wear. 280 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 008238
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A clerk who believes he has decoded the messages of an actual spy ring, instead of a schoolboys' complex game, plans to use the network to find the man who has stolen away his wife Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Mylar protector included. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123636867