num_pages: 182
description: A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fiancee's double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide--only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness?. In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain , Ruth Rendell lays bare the twisted inner workings of the unbalanced mind.
language: English
title: The Fallen Curtain: Eleven Mystery Stories
titlecomplete: The Fallen Curtain: Eleven Mystery Stories
genres: Suspense, Crime, Detective, Short Stories, Psychological Thriller, Fiction, British Literature, Mystery, Anthologies, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 524
publisher: Bantam Books