The Monster in the Box

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0091931487 / ISBN 13: 9780091931483

Published by Hutchinson, London, 2009

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First edition, second printing of the twenty-second novel in the "Inspector Wexford" series. Light bump to the base of the spine. In near fine / near fine condition.

Seller Inventory # 17927

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Monster in the Box
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091931487
• ISBN 13: 9780091931483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • British Authors

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About the Author

Ruth Rendell is the Queen of British crime writing. The author of over 50 novels, she has won many significant crime fiction awards. Her first novel, From Doon With Death, appeared in 1964, and since then her reputation and readership have grown steadily with each new book. She has received major awards for her work; three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America; the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award for 1976's best crime novel, A Demon in My View; the Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981 for The Lake of Darkness; the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for 1986's best crime book for Live Flesh; in 1987 the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for A Fatal Inversion and in 1991 the same award for King Solomon's Carpet, both written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine; the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990; and in 1991 the Crime Writer's Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding contribution to the crime fiction genre. Her books are translated into 21 languages. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.