A Guilty Thing Surprised (first edition)

Rendell, Ruth

ISBN 10: 9997529723 / ISBN 13: 9789997529725

Published by Doubleday, 1970

About this Item

8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. Hardcover with dust jacket, stated 1970 First US Edition. Signed by author on the title page. Exlibrary copy with marks and stamps to front endpapers and top/bottom page edges. Mild lean to book when flat yet binding solid, tape shadows to cover board edges, interior text clean. Dust jacket lightly worn but clean, no tears, not price-clipped. Poor copy in Very Good dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 652568

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guilty Thing Surprised (first edition)
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9997529723
• ISBN 13: 9789997529725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Poor
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mysteries & Thrillers

About this title

Synopsis

Elizabeth Nightingale found peace and tranquility on her nightly walks through the rich, dense forests surrounding Myfleet Manor. But the peace she treasured was shattered one night when she found death waiting in the woods. Chief Inspector Wexford and his colleague Inspector Burden find a most unsavory case on their hands -- and must use all their wit and wisdom to solve it . . .

About the Author

Ruth Rendell is the author of Road Rage, The Keys to the Street, Bloodlines, Simisola, and The Crocodile Bird. She is the winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. She is also the recipient of three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and four Gold Daggers from Great Britain’s Crime Writers Association. In 1997, she was named a life peer in the House of Lords. Rendell also writes mysteries under the name of Barbara Vine, of which A Dark-Adapted Eye is the most famous. She lives in England.