Some Lie And Some Die

a brilliant and brutally dark thriller from...

Ruth Rendell

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Arrow
01 January 2011

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense

Series: Wexford

The eighth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series. Perfect for both collectors and new fans of award-winning crime novelist Ruth Rendell, who has written classic detective fiction and gripping psychological thrillers including End in Tears and Thirteen Steps Down.

Fame comes at a lethal price

Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this captivating and compelling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell.

Mesmerically gripping, it highlights that fame can come at a price - and that that price can be lethal.

'The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time' -- Patricia Cornwell ' Wexford

has become an old friend who gets better with age' -- Herald 'Had me gripped from the start' --
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When the body of a brutally beaten girl is found in a quarry during a hedonistic hippy festival near Kingsmarkham, Wexford is first on the scene. The victim's face has been pulped by the back-end of a bottle, but who, in this atmosphere of peace and love, could be capable of such violence?

The body is that of local girl turned stripper Dawn Stonor, but it is the unlikely link between this ill-fated girl and the mysterious folk-singer Zeno Vedast that piques Wexford's interest.

Through an intricate web of lies and deceit, Wexford uncovers a history of love and hate that began years earlier. In all his years of police work, he has never been faced with a crime of such desperate passion...

By: Ruth Rendell
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 192g
ISBN: 9780099534877
ISBN 10: 0099534878
Series: Wexford
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 January 2011
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 Some Lie And Some Die: a brilliant and brutally dark thriller from the award-winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell

Rendell has quite simply transformed the genre of crime writing. She displays her peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear * Sunday Times * [Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age * Herald * Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world * Ian Rankin * The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time * Patricia Cornwell * One of the best novelists writing today * P.D. James *