The Keys To The Street
A chilling suspense novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author and award-winning queen of crime
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- 8,99 €
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- 8,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
London's wealthiest, poorest, kindest and most dangerous citizens all cross paths in Regent's Park. All it takes to bring them together is a series of brutally gruesome murders...
Mary Jago has donated her bone marrow to save the life of a complete stranger; a generous act of kindness that culminates in a horrible break-up with her abusive boyfriend.
Moving to the affluent edge of London's famous Regent's Park, Mary believes she has finally escaped the threat of violence. She never thought that one simple act of kindness could put her own life in mortal danger…
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PRAISE FOR RUTH RENDELL
'The most brilliant mystery novelist' Patricia Cornwell
'Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding' The Times
'Rendell's psychological novels remain in a class of their own' Sunday Telegraph
'It is ... her ability ... to tap into registers of feeling which range from the commonplace to the psychopathic. She is to be treasured.' Anita Brookner, Spectator
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Readers LOVE The Keys to the Street...
***** 'This is one of her best'
***** 'I could not make myself stop reading'
***** 'With her usual talent, Ruth Rendell [...] gives us an exciting and excellent book'
***** 'I literally couldn't put it down'
***** 'You will not be able to stop reading'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a story that commands--and fully rewards--intense engagement from its readers, Rendell (The Crocodile Bird; Simisola) once again proves an astute, intense observer of physical and psychological detail, demonstrating that we are surrounded by people we don't see and fail to appreciate the ways in which intimates and strangers are connected to us. Housesitting in a posh home near London's Regent's Park lets Mary Jago separate from her abusive and persistent lover, whose behavior has worsened since she decided to donate bone marrow to save the life of an anonymous recipient. When she meets Leo Nash, the marrow recipient, she enters a heady courtship with the stranger whose very being is now linked to hers. While she does notice Bean, the strange little man who works as a dog walker and behaves like a ``superior upper servant'' in an old film, and she cheerfully finds kind words for Roman Ashton, one of the area's many ``dossers,'' or street people, Mary little suspects how complex their histories are, what their fears and schemes might be or what they notice in return. Likewise, she is sheltered from the fears of the area's homeless as one after another is killed and then impaled on the spikes of park railings. When a crack is exposed in the edifice of Mary's new and happy life, the death lurking beneath it may be something else she never fully comprehends. With this meticulously crafted work, Rendell reminds us how complex, interconnected and fragile modern life is.
