

Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories
Ruth Rendell
'I think you know who killed your stepfather', said Wexford, and so begins this scintillating collection of long and short stories by the world's best living crime writer, Ruth Rendell.
It was clear both to Wexford and Burden that Tom Peterlee was not killed for £360, but various people would have liked them to believe the lie. It is a case which reminds the Chief Inspector that there is only a thin line dividing the policeman from the criminal. The criminal impulse may be present in the most routine or intimate situation.
The book ends with The Strawberry Tree, a disturbingly evocative novella-length tale of lost innocence, set on the island of Majorca. It is a triumphant conclusion to a collection of horror stories that linger in the mind.
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Reviews for Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories
Daily Telegraph
Disturbing, atmospheric, inventive and surprising . . . Rendell's capacity to enter the souls of the emotionally bruised is a marvel
The Times
Rendell's consistent talent for creating plot, combined with her uncanny grasp of contemporary experience, makes this a winning volume
Mail on Sunday
Wonderful at exploring the dark corners of the human mind, and the way private fantasies can clash and explode into terrifying violence
Daily Mail
Chief Inspector Wexford is Rendell’s most enduring and best creation
Daily Telegraph