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A spine-tingling anthology by the New York Times-bestselling author and master of "psychological insight . . . and, not infrequently, teeth-chattering terror" (The New York Times) . These never-before-collected stories by Ruth Rendell - the three-time Edgar Award-winning mistress of dark suspense and one of the most celebrated thriller writers of the twentieth century - are "deliciously riveting, all the more so because Rendell's extraordinary ability to delve coolly and forensically into the dustiest nooks of the human psyche is amplified, not diminished, by the short story form. . . . Often the reader is taken by the throat" (The Guardian) . In "The Thief," a chance encounter with a stranger triggers the most destructive impulses in a vindictive pathological liar.
About the Author
Edgar Award-winning author Ruth Rendell (1930-2015) wrote more than seventy books and sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (London) , she was the recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers' Association. Rendell's award-winning novels include A Demon in My View (1976) , A Dark-Adapted Eye (1987) , and King Solomon's Carpet (1991) . Her popular crime stories featuring Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford were adapted into a long-running British television series (1987-2000) starring George Baker.
