The keys to the street

Rendell, Ruth (1930-)

ISBN 10: 0091791901 / ISBN 13: 9780091791902

Published by London : Hutchinson, 1996

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 384 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; SIGNED by the author. NOT price-clipped. First edition and first 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. Fiction. Crime & mystery. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General. Fiction / Crime. 4 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The keys to the street
• Publisher: London : Hutchinson
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091791901
• ISBN 13: 9780091791902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 4 kilograms
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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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).