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A Spot of Folly

Ten and a Quarter New Tales of Murder and Mayhem

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A Spot of Folly

By: Ruth Rendell
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Toby Longworth, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Gemma Whelan, Hattie Morahan
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Previously uncollected and unpublished: new short stories from a master of psychological suspense.

New and uncollected tales of murder, mischief, magic and madness.

Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense: these are 10 (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories, collected here together for the first time.

In these tales, a businessman boasts about cheating on his wife, only to find the tables turned. A beautiful country rectory reverberates to the echo of a historical murder. A compulsive liar acts on impulse, only to be lead inexorably to disaster. And a wealthy man finds there is more to his wife's kidnapping than meets the eye.

Atmospheric, gripping and never predictable, this is Ruth Rendell at her inimitable best.

The stories are: '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'; and 'Trebuchet'.

©2017 Selection copyright (c) Tony Medawar (P)2017 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Anthologies & Short Stories Crime Fiction Suspense Fiction Short Story Marriage Mystery

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Terrific collection of stories

A must read for all fans of Ruth Rendell. And if you have not read her work previously, a wonderful entree into her amazing body of work.

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