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Ruth Rendell - The Crocodile Bird - 9780099303787 - KMK0026046
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The Crocodile Bird

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Description for The Crocodile Bird paperback. When her mother, Eve, tells Liza that she must leave their remote home, the gatehouse of a country mansion, Liza is terrified. She has almost no knowledge of a world described by her mother as evil and destructive. Their strange, enclosed life together is over because Eve has killed a man. And he is not the first. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 204. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear

From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a tense, taut and twisted psychological thriller about a dark mother-daughter relationship that will keep you hooked. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.

'Here is Ruth Rendell on such fantastic form that you'll want to stay up all night racing through to the end' - Daily Mail

'The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time' - Patricia Cornwell
'A powerful and absorbing narrative told with elegance and subtlety' - Daily Telegraph
'I just couldn't put it down'-- ***** Reader review
'I was ... Read more
'Great read with a twist at the end' -- ***** Reader review
'A fascinating, compelling and powerful book' -- ***** Reader review

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Liza has never been allowed to set foot outside the secluded gatehouse in which she has always lived with her mother, Eve. Her world reduced to four walls, there has only ever been enough room for two in their cocoon; intruders enter at their peril, only to mysteriously disappear...

Now, at sixteen, Liza is not the only one to discover the truth behind her mother's pathological violence, or the dead bodies. When the police arrive on their doorstep, Eve throws her daughter into the real world, to protect her from the consequences of her own chilling crimes.

Little by little, Liza begins to see the logic behind her mother's gruesome crimes, and must accept the possibility that she has inherited Eve's lust for murder...

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow Books U.K.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099303787
SKU
KMK0026046
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, From Doon With Death, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels. With worldwide sales of ... Read more

Reviews for The Crocodile Bird
The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time
Patricia Cornwell Here is Ruth Rendell on such fantastic form that you'll want to stay up all night racing through to the end.
Val Hennessy
Daily Mail
A powerful and absorbing narrative told with elegance and subtlety
Daily Telegraph
Ruth Rendell is surely one of the ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Crocodile Bird


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