The St. Zita Society / A Novel

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 1451666683 / ISBN 13: 9781451666687

Published by Scribner / A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 2012

About this Item

"First Scribner hardcover edition August 2012." Number line complete 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 -- the first printing. The author was a member of the House of Lords. In this entry (Baroness Rendell -- 1930-2015 -- wrote more than 60), the servants of Hexam Place are getting uppity. 257 pp.

Seller Inventory # 012943

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The St. Zita Society / A Novel
• Publisher: Scribner / A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1451666683
• ISBN 13: 9781451666687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket design by Lia Chee
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Conspiracies
  • Mysteries

About this title

Synopsis

This captivating novel about residents and servants on one block of a posh London street is a “sex comedy and a social satire, of the ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ variety, with a few murders mixed in for our added delight” (The Washington Post Book World).

*Includes an excerpt of Rendell's final novel, Dark Corners *

Life on Hexam Place appears orderly on the outside: drivers take their employers to and from work, dogs are walked, flowers are planted in gardens. But beneath this tranquil veneer, this quintessentially London world of servants and their masters is set to combust. Henry, the handsome valet to Lord Studley, is sleeping with both the Lord’s wife and his university-age daughter. Montserrat, the Still family’s lazy au pair, assists Mrs. Still in keeping secret her illicit affair with a television actor—in exchange for pocket cash. June, the haughty housekeeper to a princess of dubious origin, tries to enlist her fellow house-helpers into a “society” to address complaints about their employers. Meanwhile, Dex, the disturbed gardener to several families on the block, thinks a voice on his cell phone is giving him godlike instructions—commands that could imperil the lives of all those in Hexam Place.

About the Author

Ruth Rendell (1930–2015) won three Edgar Awards, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writ­ers’ Association. Her remarkable career spanned a half century, with more than sixty books published. A member of the House of Lords, she was one of the great literary figures of our time.