Ruth - Mystery & Suspense 1

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber band……続きを見る

What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre? On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the spa……続きを見る

In End in Tears, Edgar Award winning author Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford has his work cut out for him: When Mavis Ambrose is killed by a falling chunk of concrete, the police have no reason to s……続きを見る

Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor. He considers it his, although he and his young wife Lyn are merely tenants in a flat nearby. But the senseless and frightening murder of a young woman invades ……続きを見る

What kind of a person would kidnap two children? That is the question that haunts Wexford when a five-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl disappear from the village of Kingsmarkham. When a child……続きを見る

Winner of multiple Edgar and Gold Dagger awards including the most prestigious Edgar of them all, the Grand Master, Ruth Rendell returns with a novel that pits Chief Inspector Wexford against a quit……続きを見る

**She took a peaceful walk in the woodsーand found death waiting. . . . “The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world.”ーThe Boston Globe** Elizabeth and Quentin Nightingale. A hap……続きを見る

The stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . . “The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world.”ーThe Boston Globe Who could have suspected that the exc……続きを見る

Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in ……続きを見る

Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. F……続きを見る

“Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.”ーTime No one admitted to spotting the doctor's missing daughterーeven after the murders began. Melanie Akande, eschewing priv……続きを見る

She waits for him in the dark, her mind and body perfect, passive, until one day, when he goes to the cellar, and she is gone . . . In A Demon in My View, Ruth Rendell creates a character as frighte……続きを見る

A new Chief Inspector Wexford mystery from the author who Time magazine has called “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.” When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his ……続きを見る

The twelfth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Wherever Reggie Wexford goes, death and intrigue are close on his heels. Having just returned from a once-in……続きを見る

In Rendell's evocative portrayal of West London, the slums of Notting Hill Gate and the mews houses of Holland Park are not streets, but worlds, apart. When these two worlds collide, the repercussio……続きを見る

A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fiancée’s double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee wh……続きを見る

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 th……続きを見る

A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the lo……続きを見る

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 maintain……続きを見る

The search for the body commenced. Then the victim walked into town. Behind the picture-postcard façade of Kingsmarkham lies a community rife with violence, betrayal, and a taste for vengeance. When……続きを見る

He was young, arrogant, wealthy and in the bloom of healthーor was he? **“Undoubtedly one of the best writers of English mysteries and chiller-killer plots.”ー**The Los Angeles Times Like any small ……続きを見る

With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers hav……続きを見る

"The Woman on the Ledge blew me away like The Girl on the Train blew me away nearly ten years ago. Compulsive, clever and gasp out loud twisty, I absolute loved it." ー Lisa Jewell, author of None o……続きを見る

**The latest installment in the new Jane Wunderly Mystery series featuring an American widow turned private investigator in 1920s England. When vibrant American widow Jane Wunderly arrives in 1920s ……続きを見る

"Like Upstairs/Downstairs on a cruiseship..." ~ NYT bestselling author Zoe York A contemporary women's fiction novel that explores the secret lives of crew and passengers, thrown together on the hig……続きを見る

For fans of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries comes Jane Wunderlyーa thoroughly modern young American widowーtraveling abroad in post-World War I England and enjoying the hospitality of a dashing lord ……続きを見る

A short story about the shocking revelations of the realities that lie concealed behind day-to-day family life: an ailing woman's covert cruelty to her caring daughter-in-law; a desire to escape the……続きを見る

The eleventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford. Sir Manuel Camargue, Kingsmarkham's very own celebrity flautist, dies tragically on a snowy night. His deat……続きを見る

Completely captivating, this is a spine-tingling page-turner of a mystery from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donn……続きを見る

DOZE HISTÓRIAS. DOZE AUTORAS. UMA SÓ MISS MARPLE. Pela primeira vez em 45 anos, Miss Marple volta às páginas para investigar novos crimes. Agora nas narrativas de doze autoras contemporâneas, a clás……続きを見る