Spot of Folly

New and uncollected tales of murder, mischief, magic and madness.

Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense: these are ten (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories, collected here together for the first time.

In these tales, a businessman boasts about cheating on his wife, only to find the tables turned. A beautiful country rectory reverberates to the echo of a historical murder. A compulsive liar acts on impulse, only to be lead inexorably to disaster. And a wealthy man finds there is more to his wife's kidnapping than meets the eye. Atmospheric, gripping and never predictable, this is Ruth Rendell at her inimitable best.

The stories are: Never Sleep in a Bed Facing a Mirror; A Spot of Folly; The Price of Joy; The Irony of Hate; Digby's Wives; The Haunting of Shawley Rectory; A Drop Too Much; The Thief; The Long Corridor of Time; In the Time of his Prosperity; and Trebuchet.

Introduction from Sophie Hannah.

Povesti noi si necolectate despre crima, rautate, magie si nebunie. Ruth Rendell a fost un recunoscut maestru al suspansului psihologic: acestea sunt zece (si un sfert) dintre nuvelele ei cele mai ingrozitoare, continute aici pentru prima data. In aceste povesti, un om de afaceri se lauda ca si-a inselat sotia, doar pentru a gasi mesele intors.