Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Lake of Darkness The Lake of Darkness Ruth Rendell Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in n… OL12079W
Means Of Evil & Other St (Wexford Collection) Means Of Evil & Other St (Wexford Collection) Ruth Rendell Vijf verhalen met inspecteur Wexford in de hoofdrol. OL12091W
One across, two down One across, two down Ruth Rendell Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. Fo… OL12093W
Road Rage (Inspector Wexford) Road Rage (Inspector Wexford) Ruth Rendell La construction d'une route va entraîner la disparition du grand bois de Framhust. Aussitôt les écologistes se mobilisent. Un groupe d'extrémistes va même jusqu'à kidnapper cinq personnes, dont la fe… OL12098W
An Unkindness of Ravens An Unkindness of Ravens Ruth Rendell UNKINDNESS: the collective word for a group of ravens. UNKINDNESS: the collective word for a group of ravens. They are not particularly predatory birds. . . but neither are they soft and submissive. … OL12116W
Adam and Eve and pinch me Adam and Eve and pinch me Ruth Rendell A philanderer sponges off a sequence of women, one of whom eventually undoes him, which sets off a chain that undoes many other people. OL12147W
The killing doll The killing doll Ruth Rendell An intense and disturbing novel from the UK's most loved crime writerThe winter before he was sixteen, Pup sold his soul to the devil. He wasn't quite sure what he was going to get in exchange. For t… OL12152W
Talking to strange men Talking to strange men Ruth Rendell The coded messages that John Creevey should never have seen were coming in fast. Was it a major spy ring? A drugs gang? A protection racket? Whatever, to John Creevey the messages were a lifeline — a… OL12157W
No more dying then No more dying then Ruth Rendell This Inspector Wexford duo debuted back-to-back in 1972.Murder finds the British sleuth defying doctor's orders and investigating the death of a young girl, while Dying (LJ 7/72) offers a baffling ca… OL12175W
The tree of hands The tree of hands Ruth Rendell,Isla Blair Once, when Benet was 14, her mother had tried to stab her with a carving knife. It was some time since she had seen her mad mother, so when she arrived at the airport, Benet tried not to hate her. Bu… OL12181W
The Keys to the Street The Keys to the Street Ruth Rendell Set in and around London's Regents Park, where the city's wealthiest, poorest, kindest, and most vicious citizens all cross paths, this newest novel by the Edgar and Gold Dagger-winning author of Cro… OL12191W
I shudder at your touch I shudder at your touch Michael Blumlein,Ronald Duncan,Robert G. Ackman,Eric P. McCormack,Stephen King,Thomas M. Disch,Ruth Rendell,Stephen R. Donaldson,Michele B. Slung,Carolyn Banks,May Sinclair,Harriet Zinnes,Christopher Fowler,Valerie Martin,Clive Barker,Jonathan Carroll,Robert Hichens,R. Murray Gilchrist,Haydn Middleton,Hugh B. Cave,Patrick McGrath,Angela Carter,T. L. Parkinson Contains: The revelations of 'Becka Paulson / Stephen King -- Sea lovers / Valerie Martin -- Psychopomp / Haydn Middleton -- A glowing future / Ruth Rendell -- The tiger returns to the mountain… OL15162088W
The St. Zita Society The St. Zita Society Ruth Rendell Dex works as a gardener for Dr Jefferson at his home on Hexam place in Pimlico: an exclusive street of houses inhabited by the rich and serviced by the not so rich. The hired help, a motley assortmen… OL16599984W
Archie and Archie Archie and Archie Ruth Rendell Bestselling author Ruth Rendell tells the story of her own cat, Archie who lives in London. Archie the dog lives next door. OL20892769W
Het stille huis Het stille huis Ruth Rendell Een vrouw heeft altijd gedacht dat haar zuster destijds hun stiefvader in bad heeft verdronken en overweegt, nu die zuster op het punt staat te trouwen, haar verdenkingen openbaar te maken. OL24472612W
Festivalmoord Festivalmoord Ruth Rendell Door een moord tijdens een openluchtpopfestival komt de politie in aanraking met de daden en gedachten van de artiesten en van enkele omwonenden van het festivalterrein. OL26189191W
Brimstone Wedding, The Brimstone Wedding, The Ruth Rendell Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where she is especially fond of Stella, a woman dying of cancer - whose own secrets parallel Jenny's - wi… OL57528W
The Minotaur The Minotaur Ruth Rendell As soon as Kerstin Kvist arrives at remote, ivy-covered Lydstep Old Hall in Essex, she feels like a character in a gothic novel. A young nurse fresh out of school, Kerstin has been hired for a positi… OL57530W