The Crocodile Bird: a gripping psychological thriller from the award-winning Queen of Crime

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Ruth Rendell

The Crocodile Bird

Name: The Crocodile Bird
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ISBN: 9780099303787

a gripping psychological thriller from the award-winning Queen of Crime

Ruth Rendell

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Arrow
01 November 1994

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

If murder is all you have ever known, can you resist the temptation to commit the ultimate act of violence? A gripping psychological novel about a twisted mother-daughter relationship, from the world's best mystery writer and author of bestselling crime thrillers, such as Thirteen Steps Down.

From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a tense, taut and twisted psychological thriller about a dark mother-daughter relationship that will keep you hooked. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.

'Here is Ruth Rendell on such fantastic form that you'll want to stay up all night racing through to the end' - Daily Mail 'The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time' - Patricia Cornwell 'A powerful and absorbing narrative told with elegance and subtlety' - Daily Telegraph 'I just couldn't put it down'--
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* Liza has never been allowed to set foot outside the secluded gatehouse in which she has always lived with her mother, Eve. Her world reduced to four walls, there has only ever been enough room for two in their cocoon; intruders enter at their peril, only to mysteriously disappear...

Now, at sixteen, Liza is not the only one to discover the truth behind her mother's pathological violence, or the dead bodies. When the police arrive on their doorstep, Eve throws her daughter into the real world, to protect her from the consequences of her own chilling crimes.

Little by little, Liza begins to see the logic behind her mother's gruesome crimes, and must accept the possibility that she has inherited Eve's lust for murder...

By: Ruth Rendell
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 196g
ISBN: 9780099303787
ISBN 10: 0099303787
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 November 1994
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruth Rendell has won many awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View; a second Edgar in 1984 from the Mystery Writers of America for the best short story, 'The New Girl Friend'; and a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986. She was also the winner of the 1990 Sunday Times Literary award, as well as the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.

Reviews for The Crocodile Bird: a gripping psychological thriller from the award-winning Queen of Crime

Living alone with her mother in the gatehouse, 17-year-old Liza has barely been allowed a glimpse of the outside world but she can feel the excitement in the air on the owner's occasional visits. Liza has her secret too: Sean in the caravan to open her eyes to those frightening 'accidents' and those graves in the woods. The author plays stoat-and-rabbit with the reader as only she can. (Kirkus UK)