A Sight for Sore Eyes - by Ruth Rendell (Paperback)
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Highlights
- About the Author: Ruth Rendell's many writing awards include three Edgars and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America as well as four Golden Daggers from England's Crime Writers Association.
- 384 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
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About the Book
The faded and aging Harriet Oxenholme searches the newspaper for workmen who can come to her house to fill the hours left by a loveless marriage. Teddy Brex seems perfect, but he is less interested in Harriet than in what he can pilfer from her home. His lustful eye locks on a fairy-princess-like teenager who possesses a secret so devastating it could consume everyone around her.From the Back Cover
Teddy was born in squalor. Now he is a craftsman determined to banish ugliness from his life. Harriet is a beautiful, bored trophy wife who employs a series of repairmen for her sexual satisfaction. And Francine is a college student who witnessed her mother's murder and now must free herself from her father's manipulative second wife. Connected by strands of chance, their lives intersecting in the strangest of ways, these three people are on a journey that will bring them to each other -- and to a beautiful ivy-covered home with at least one dead body in the basement....Review Quotes
Ruth Rendell is... "The best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."
--Time "A phenomenon."
--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award A Sight For Sore Eyes is... "Harrowing...a flawless piece of craftsmanship."
--The New York Times Book Review "Stunning."
--The Washington Post Book World "Bold, imaginative...spare and unforgiving."
--The New York Times Book Review "No one can match Rendell, chill for chill."
--Chicago Tribune "Unequivocally, the most brilliant mystery novelist of our time."
--Patricia Cornwell "One of the most remarkable novelists of her generation."
--People
About the Author
Ruth Rendell's many writing awards include three Edgars and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America as well as four Golden Daggers from England's Crime Writers Association. She is also the author of Harm Done, Road Rage, The Keys to the Street, Simisola, The Crocodile Bird, and many more acclaimed novels. She lives in England. In 1997 she was named a life peer in the House of Lords.Dimensions (Overall): 7.2 Inches (H) x 4.36 Inches (W) x 1.06 Inches (D)
Weight: .42 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Publisher: Dell
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Ruth Rendell
Language: English
Street Date: March 7, 2000
TCIN: 93039113
UPC: 9780440235446
Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-2884
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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