Record Number |
824546 |
ISBN |
9780375704932 (paperback) |
Author |
Rendell, Ruth, 1930-2015 author. |
Title |
A sleeping life / Ruth Rendell. |
Edition |
Fist Vintage crime/Black lizard edition. |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Vintage Books, 2000. |
©1978. |
Pagination etc. |
180 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Vintage crime/Black Lizard |
Summary Note |
Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary--the plain Polly Flinders--provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios--and suspects--behind the Comfrey murder. Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally crafted, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life. |
Subject - Name |
-- Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
Subject |
Police -- England -- Fiction |
Detectives -- Fiction |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
Detective and mystery stories |
Sussex (England) -- Fiction |
Detective and mystery fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F REND |