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Dark corners : a novel / Ruth Rendell.
"When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood. Carl needs cash, however, so he rents the upstairs room and kitchen to the first person he interviews, Dermot McKinnon. That was colossal mistake number one. Mistake number two was keeping his father's bizarre collection of homeopathic "cures" that he found in the medicine cabinet, including a stash of controversial diet pills. Mistake number three was selling fifty of those diet pills to a friend, who is then found dead. Dermot seizes a nefarious opportunity and begins to blackmail Carl, refusing to pay rent, and creepily invading Carl's space. Ingeniously weaving together two storylines that finally merge in one shocking turn, Ruth Rendell describes one man's spiral into darkness-- and murder-- as he falls victim to a diabolical foe he cannot escape" -- provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781501119446
- ISBN: 1501119443
- ISBN: 9780385685863
- ISBN: 0385685866
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2015.
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| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Extortion > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Electronic books. |
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Ruth Rendell (1930â2015) 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 Englandâs prestigious Crime WritÂersâ 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.
