Portobello Portobello

Portobello

A Novel

    • 3.8 • 29 Ratings
    • $11.99

Publisher Description

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS

Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than forty years. Now, in Portobello, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London’s Notting Hill.


Walking to the shops one day, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction—and his own good intentions—Wren hatches a plan to find the money’s rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners—people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren’s life—and the life of his trusting fiancée—the consequences will change them all.

Portobello is a wonderfully complex tour de force featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London’s most intriguing neighborhoods—and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2010
September 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Scribner
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
3.4
MB

Customer Reviews

SolitaryWoman ,

Portobello by Ruth Rendell

This book was entertaining - very LOL funny at times! It felt more like a slice of life which is okay - only I was sitting on the edge of my seat … waiting to be sitting on the edge of my seat! Enjoyable.

earnestbird ,

Stumped

I really tried to get into this novel but am deeply disappointed in my first experience with Rendell. I bought the audio version and kept waiting for it to improve but it just drones on. I will say that she has a gift for writing about detail and minutia.

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