Thirteen Steps Down
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: E-book
ISBN-13: 9781409068938
Description: 'Rendell knows how to make your hair stand up straight on your head' Maeve BinchyA classic Rendellian loner, Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number 13. Living in a decaying house in Notting Hill, Mix is obsessed with 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious John Christie committed a series of foul murders. He is also infatuated with a beautiful model who lives nearby – a woman who would not look at him twice.Mix's landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer is equally reclusive – living her life through her library of books.Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life, a long pent-up violence explodes.