The Fallen Curtain

Stories

By: Ruth Rendell

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Paperback | 9 January 2001

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208 Pages

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20.96 x 13.34 x 1.91

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A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fiancee's double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide-only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness...
In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain, Ruth Rendell-the grande dame of the literary mystery-lays bare the twisted inner workings of the unbalanced mind. Here are eleven tales of haunting psychological accuracy: the gesture that betrays a parent's madness, the childhood memory clouded with denial, the utterance that introduces the threat of violence in a situation as benign as a dinner date. Instantly engaging, maddeningly addictive, The Fallen Curtain testifies to the enduring talents of a master of the genre.

Industry Reviews

"Rendell transcends the mystery genre and achieves something almost sublime."- Los Angeles Times "One of the best concoctors of plots since the early Agatha Christie."- Daily Telegraph, London

"Ruth Rendell leads the field."- The Observer

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