A Sleeping Life

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0385132247 / ISBN 13: 9780385132244

Published by Doubleday, 1978

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00079393523

Synopsis:

An expensive leather wallet is the only clue to the death of a woman whose baby is found on the outskirts of Kingsmarkham and whose past is completely dark

From the Back Cover: Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life.

In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary -- the plain Polly Flinders -- provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios -- and suspects -- behind the Comfrey murder. Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally well-written, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Sleeping Life
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good