Shake Hands for Ever (Signed 1st)

Ruth Rendell

ISBN 10: 0091227607 / ISBN 13: 9780091227609

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1975

About this Item

This is the ninth book in Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford series. First editions are uncommon in the market, particularly with dust jackets, and signed copies are scarcer still. So this is a much sought after title. This copy is near fine in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Just slight bumping at the spine ends and very slight soiling on the half title page. No other marks or damage. The clipped dust jacket has been in a protective plastic sleeve and so it excellent. Signed by Rendell on the title page. BI19.

Seller Inventory # B1025

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shake Hands for Ever (Signed 1st)
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091227607
• ISBN 13: 9780091227609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Inscribed
  • Mystery
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled.According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed to gain entry and strangle her without a struggle? That is the problem facing Inspector Wexford in Shake Hands Forever . Perhaps it was the mystery woman who left her fingerprints on the Hathall's bathtub? Perhaps it was Angela's husband who lied about a stolen library book? And why was the Hathall home, usually so unkempt, exqisitely clean the day of Angela's death? Then a neighbor--friendly, knowing, disarmingly beautiful--offers Wexford her assistance. And what begins as a rather tricky case turns into an obsession that threatens to destroy the Inspector's career--as well as his marriage.Maddeningly addictive, smart and surprising, Shake Hands Forever showcases Ruth Rendell at the height of her storytelling powers.