description: "I think you know who killed your stepfather," said Wexford.So begins this scintillating collection of long and short stories by Ruth Rendell. It was clear to both Wexford and Burden that Tom Peterlee was not killed for £360, but various people would have liked them to think he was ... It was a case which reminds the Chief Inspector that there is only a thin line dividing the cop from the criminal.The criminal impulse may be present in the most routine or intimate sitaution. In the second story, Browning's poem, "Porphyria's Lover", is the inspiration for muderous passion. In Shreds and Slivers, the accidental discovery of Amanita Phalloides (a poisonous mushroom) leads to a game of Russian Roulette in a supermarket.With unerring insight and deceptive economy of style, Rendell probes behind the patterns of everyday life to pinpoint the frailties, the desires and deceptions, the guilty secrets of human beings.The book ends with The Strawberry Tree, a disturbingly evocative novella-length tale of lost innocence set on the island of Majorca. It is a triumphant conclusion to a collection of stories that will linger in the mind.
language: English
title: Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
titlecomplete: Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, British Literature, Short Story Collection, Crime, Adult, Adult Fiction, Short Stories, Audiobook
ratings_count: 449
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