Keys to the Street

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0091791901 / ISBN 13: 9780091791902

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1996

About this Item

First edition first impression. In excellent condition all round. DJ is a little darkened with age and minor creasing to top edge. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. Nice first edition.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1771601106336

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Keys to the Street
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091791901
• ISBN 13: 9780091791902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.675 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

Physical description; 310 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Not price-clipped and 1st printing. Summary; From the author of A DEMON IN MY VIEW, SIMISOLA and BLOOD LINES, a mystery novel in which a young woman donates her bone marrow to save a person she does not know. But soon the grateful recipient will arrive on the woman's doorstep and change her life forever. Subjects; English fiction - 20th century. English fiction. Crime & mystery. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General. Fiction / Crime.

Review

Discovering Ruth Rendell late must be like discovering Mozart late: any regrets for time wasted are overwhelmed by the pleasure of having so many treats to choose from. She writes mysteries about Inspector Wexford and suspense thrillers about what happens when people's lives accidently collide. This new book falls into the thriller category: in the first few pages we meet a large group of people living in and around London's Regents Park. There are the homeless, whose hardships are added to when a murderer begins to decimate their ranks; a barely-restrained lunatic who works as a dog-walker; a drug dealer and his violent helper; and Rendell's central character, Mary Jago, a gentle young woman whose courageous charity brings her lots of trouble. The best recent Wexford mystery is Simisola; other recommended Rendells include: From Doon With Death, The Tree of Hands, An Unkindness of Ravens and The Brimstone Wedding (written under her Barbara Vine alter ego).