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A Sleeping Life

By Ruth Rendell

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
2000
ISBN
0375704930, 9780375704932
LCC
PR6068.E63 S57 2000
Open Library ID
OL59353M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
214 kB (219331 bytes)
Edition
1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed
Pages
\0
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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.

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