A collection of sleek and sinister stories from the creator of Chief Inspector Wexford. “Her range is extraordinary … a shocking fusillade of finales” Sunday Times. Read by Isla Blair and George Baker TV’s Inspector Wexford.A Dark Blue PerfumeA man with a gun and nothing left to live for brings this chilling tale to afatal but unexpected climax.Hare’s HouseCould simply knowing about the first murder in Hare’s house really have led Norman to a copy-cat crime?Ruth Rendell the Sunday Times bestselling author continues to weave her web of mystery and fiction in A Dark Blue Perfume and Other Stories. The detective tales are a testament to her position as a top author in the genre.For fans of P. D. James (An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) Ann Cleeves (The Dark Wives) Elly Griffiths (The Man in Black and Other Stories) Anthony Horowitz (The Twist of a Knife) and J. R. Ellis (The Canal Murders).
A crime writer for over thirty years, Ruth Rendell has won one Crime Writers’ Association Silver Dagger Award, two Gold Daggers and, the supreme accolade, the Crime Writers’ Diamond Award for her ... more