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Seller: Jaycee Books., London, United KingdomJaycee Books.
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Fine, black boards & black end papers, unclipped, gold embossed gilt spine, minor cocking ( photo ), bubble wrapped, mylar pro: 5* seller. This is the dazzling new novel from Ruth Rendell. When the bones of two severed hands are discovered in a box, an investigation into a long buried crime of passion begins. And a group of friends, who played together as children, begin to question their past. 'For Woody, anger was cold. Cold and slow. But once it had started it mounted gradually and he could think of nothing else. He knew he couldn't stay alive while those two were alive.
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- Title
- The Girl Next Door
- Author
- Rendell, Ruth
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0091958830
- ISBN 13
- 9780091958831
- Edition
- 1st Edition
In the waning months of the second World War, a group of children discover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood outside London. Throughout the summer of 1944—until one father forbids it—the subterranean space becomes their "secret garden," where the friends play games and tell stories.
Six decades later, beneath a house on the same land, construction workers uncover a tin box containing two skeletal hands, one male and one female. As the discovery makes national news, the friends come together once again, to recall their days in the tunnel for the detective investigating the case. Is the truth buried among these aging friends and their memories?
This impromptu reunion causes long-simmering feelings to bubble to the surface. Alan, stuck in a passionless marriage, begins flirting with Daphne, a glamorous widow. Michael considers contacting his estranged father, who sent Michael to live with an aunt after his mother vanished in 1944. Lewis begins remembering details about his Uncle James, an army private who once accompanied the children into the tunnels, and who later disappeared.
In The Girl Next Door Rendell brilliantly shatters the assumptions about age, showing that the choices people make—and the emotions behind them—remain as potent in late life as they were in youth.
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Jaycee Books.
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I aim to acquire books in the best possible condition; occasionally an item may have a blemish, this will of course be highlighted when describing the condition, and will be reflected in the price. I have no real desire to sell an item for excessive profit, therefore, I believe my prices are fair. My hope is that each customer will be satisfied with the product, and it is to this end that I dedicate myself to. Your's Faithfully, John Charles Thompson ( Jaycee Books ).
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