A Sleeping Life (Signed 1st)

Ruth Rendell

ISBN 10: 0091325404 / ISBN 13: 9780091325404

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1978

About this Item

This book features Rendell's popular investigator Detective Inspector Wexford, and is the tenth novel in the series. A Sleeping Life was a finalist for the 1979 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. It was one of two Wexford novels to have been shortlisted for either of the "big two" crime-fiction awards, the Edgar or the CWA Gold Dagger. This copy is near fine in purple paper-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. Slight bumping at the spine ends. No other marks or damage. The clipped DJ has no visible issues and is now in a protective mylar sleeve. Signed by Rendell on the title page. . BI16.

Seller Inventory # B1059

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Sleeping Life (Signed 1st)
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091325404
• ISBN 13: 9780091325404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Inscribed
  • Mystery
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

A sleeping life

From the Back Cover

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life.

In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary -- the plain Polly Flinders -- provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios -- and suspects -- behind the Comfrey murder. Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally well-written, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life.