A spot of folly : ten and a quarter new tales of murder and mayhem /
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 for the first time. In these tales, a businessman boasts about c...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction by Sophie Hannah -- Never sleep in a bed facing a mirror -- A spot of folly -- The price of joy -- The irony of hate -- Digby's wives -- The haunting of Shawley Rectory -- A drop too much -- The thief -- The long corridor of time -- In the time of his prosperity -- Trebuchet. | |
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