Tigerlily's Orchids

2011 Fiction

Author : Ruth Rendell
Release : 2011
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 397/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Tigerlily's Orchids by : Ruth Rendell

Download or read book Tigerlily's Orchids written by Ruth Rendell. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS Is it dangerous to know too much about your neighbors? When Stuart Font throws a housewarming party, he invites all the residents of his new building--among them, three flippant young girls, a lonely spinster, a man with a passion for classical history, and a woman determined to drink herself to death. He definitely does not want his girlfriend, Claudia, in attendance, as he would also have to invite her lawyer husband. But careful planning can only get a person so far. As it turns out, this party will be one everyone remembers. Meanwhile, living in a town house opposite Stuart's building, in reclusive isolation, is a young, beautiful Asian woman known as Tigerlily. As though from some strange urban fairy tale, she emerges infrequently to exert a terrible spell. In Tigerlily's Orchids, Ruth Rendell has written a darkly humorous and psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London terrace--about the secrets they keep, and what they will do to hide them.

The Saint Zita Society

2012-08-28 Fiction

Author : Ruth Rendell
Release : 2012-08-28
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 660/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Saint Zita Society written by Ruth Rendell. This book was released on 2012-08-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the well-manicured London locale of Hexam Place is not as placid and orderly as it appears. Behind the tranquil gardens and polished entryways, relationships between servants and their employers are set to combust. Henry, the handsome valet to Lord Studley, is sleeping with both the Lord's wife and his university-age daughter. Montserrate, the Still family's lazy au pair, is helping to hide Mrs. Still's illicit affair with a television actor--for a small fee. June, the haughty housekeeper to a princess of dubious origin, is hard at work forming a "society" for servants to address complaints about their employers. Meanwhile, a disturbed gardener, Dex, believes a voice in his cellphone is giving him godlike instructions--that could endanger the lives of all who reside in Hexam Place. A deeply observed and suspenseful update to the upstairs/downstairs genre, The St. Zita Society is Ruth Rendell at her incisive best.

A Demon In My View

2009-11-24 Fiction

Author : Ruth Rendell
Release : 2009-11-24
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 807/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Demon In My View written by Ruth Rendell. This book was released on 2009-11-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon, this haunting insight into the mind of a pathological criminal is one of multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell's most terrifying novels... 'Rendell is unrivalled at depicting psychologically warped people and at creating unease through the simplest things. This is another triumph' -- Observer 'Wonderful at exploring the dark corners of the human mind, and the way private fantasies can clash and explode into terrifying violence' -- Daily Mail 'Brilliantly written' -- ***** Reader review 'Absolutely fantastic!' -- ***** Reader review 'Mesmerizing' -- ***** Reader review 'Intensely absorbing' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************** Arthur Johnson doesn't look like a murderous psychopath; he is a mild-mannered man who has never known how to talk to women. Years of loneliness has warped his mind, turning his desire for a woman's love and respect into a pathological need for carefully controlled violence. Locked in the cellar of his building is the perfect willing victim, a woman who can be murdered over and over again, a woman who waits for Arthur every night...a mannequin in the form of a female. But when a young scholar of psychopathic personalities moves in downstairs and Arthur's mannequin disappears, where will he turn to satisfy his urgent craving for violence?

Tigerlily's Orchids

2011-12-27 Fiction

Author : Ruth Rendell
Release : 2011-12-27
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 902/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Tigerlily's Orchids written by Ruth Rendell. This book was released on 2011-12-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the incomparable, award-winning Ruth Rendell — "the grand dame of British crime fiction" (The Gazette) —comes her latest psychological thriller. When Stuart Font decides to throw a house-warming party in his new flat he invites everyone in his building. The party will be one everyone remembers. But not for the right reasons.... Living opposite, in reclusive isolation, is a young, beautiful Asian woman, christened Tigerlily by Stuart. As though from some strange urban fairytale, she emerges to exert a terrible spell on the occupants of Lichfield House.

While the Cat's Away

1999 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Margot Batrae
Release : 1999
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 219/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book While the Cat's Away written by Margot Batrae. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories based on the comics and the television hit by the same name.

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