A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell

A Judgement in Stone



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A Judgement in Stone Ruth Rendell
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Published in 1976 and 1977, respectively, these are fairly typical of Rendell's popular psychological thrillers. Demon presents a researcher studying psychopathic personalities who doesn't recognize that his seemingly shy, harmless neighbor is a total nut job. Judgement finds a police investigator trying to discern why a housekeeper slaughters her employer's entire family on Valentine's Day. On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective Chief Superintendent William Vetch arrests Miss Parchman two weeks later, he discovers a second tragedy: the key to the Valentine's Day massacre hidden within a private humiliation Eunice Parchman has guarded all her life. A brilliant rendering of character, motive, and the heady discovery of truth, A Judgement in Stone is among Ruth Rendell's finest psychological thrillers. In what The London Times calls a classic, Ruth Rendell (probably better known as the creator of the immensely popular Inspector Wexford series) has certainly created an excellent thriller in. A Judgement in Stone. This time, Rendell takes an earlier theme (a St. Valentine's Day massacre!) and, with her usual precision, craft, ingenuity, and skill, gives the readers their money's worth. Four members of the Coverdale family have been murdered in a most (modern) sensational twist--the housekeeper did it! She shot them, in a most dramatic fashion--during a televised production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. (Presenting a strong case that music doth NOT sooth the savage beast!) Was the disgruntled housekeeper Eunice Parchman angry because of the quality of the performance? Or is there another motive! Enter Detective Chief Superintendent Willliam Vetch and with the usual Rendell flair supporting him, uncovers additional motive--and a secret that Miss Parchment has sequestered for years. Vetch is no Reg Wexford--he's a policeman in his own right; and Rendell gives him plenty of personal rein as he deftly steps from one clue or one incident to the next before the book is finished. This is vintage Rendell.



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