New and uncollected tales of murder, mischief, magic and madness. Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense: these are ten (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories, collected here together...

A story of obsessive love between mother and daughter and its connection to aseries of unexplained deaths near a remote English manor. Reviewers, writers, and knowledgeable mystery readers know Ruth Rendell as a master novelist. Hermost...

The final novel from the much-missed, bestselling crime author, who died in May 2015. A dark and atmospheric tale of psychological suspense, with mistaken identity, kidnap, blackmail and a cast of realistic characters. More than 8...

Ruth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, From Doon With Death, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular...

When Carl sells a box of slimming pills to his close friend Stacey, inadvertently causing her death, he sets in train a sequence of catastrophic events which begin with subterfuge, extend to lies, and culminate in murder.In Rendell's...

Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired from the crime force. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coach house in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila. Wexford takes great pleasure in...

Niveau B1 Intermediate Level 8. - 9. Klasse / 1.600 Wörter Chief Inspector Wexford und das Gericht sind sich sicher: Der Mord an einer alten Dame wurde von deren Angestellten Painter begangen. Doch dann stellt Henry Archery, dessen Sohn...

Two years ago he had been a promising young novelist. Now he survived - you could hardly call it living - in a near derelict cottage with only an unhooked telephone and his own obsessive thoughts for company. Two years of loving Drusilla...

Zum ersten Mal verläuft für Carl alles nach Plan. Sein Romandebüt wird veröffentlicht, er hat ein Haus in Londons Stadtmitte geerbt und er ist glücklich verliebt. Um jetzt noch für den nötigen Geldfluss zu sorgen, sucht er sich einen...

Teddy was born in squalor. Now he is a craftsman determined to banish ugliness from his life. Harriet is a beautiful, bored trophy wife who employs a series of repairmen for her sexual satisfaction. And Francine is a college student who...

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After a truffle-hunting dog unearths a human hand instead of a precious fungus, Chief Inspector Wexford and his team proceed to interrogate everyone who lives nearby to see if they can turn up a match for the errant appendage among the...