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The Rottweiler

The Rottweiler

by Rendell Ruth (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2003

    $3.25

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    Paperback 2004

    $20.91
Synopsis

The first girl had a bite mark on her neck but they traced the DNA to her boyfriend. But the tabloids got hold of the story and called the killer 'The Rottweiler' and the name stuck. The latest murder takes place very near Inez Ferry's antique shop in Marylebone. Someone saw a shadowy figure running away past the station, but the only other clues are that the murderer usually strangles his victims and removes something personal - like a cigarette lighter or a necklace...Since her husband died, too soon in their relationship, Inez has supplemented her income by taking in tenants. The murderous activities of the sinister 'Rottweiler' will exert a profound influence on the lives of this heterogeneous little community, especially when the suspicion emerges that one of them may be a homicidal maniac.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 352
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 02 Oct 2003
ISBN 10: 0091799465
ISBN 13: 9780091799465
Book Overview: Rendell returns to a darkly atmospheric London to explore how the lives of a small group of people from very mixed backgrounds are affected dramatically by a series of apparently motiveless murders.

Media Reviews
You either like Ruth Rendell's style or you don't. Eminently British and immensely popular her books are, however, subtly very clever indeed. What first appears as slightly plodding is suddenly, by a seemingly chance sentence, escalated into the realms of the best of British crime writing. The Rottweiler is a prime example. Slow to start, its pace quickly gathers, subplots and even sub-subplots swirling around the main crime, misting the mind and muddying the waters before becoming clear as daylight in an unbelievably neat and clever conclusion. Revolving around the owner of a London antique shop and her tenants in the flats above, the daily discussions amongst this disparate collection of humankind is the Rottweiler , a man killing young girls and taking a keepsake after death. When one such keepsake is discovered in the shop, the police are faced with the all too real possibility of the killer being very nearby. Using her usual psychological proficiency, the cast are expertly depicted as possible suspects or victims, no detail too small or insignificant to mention. And when the subplots start the pace quickens anew. A must for all Rendell fans. - Lucy Watson
Author Bio
Ruth Rendell has won many awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View; a second Edgar in 1984 from the Mystery Writers of America for the best short story, The New Girl Friend; a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986. She was also the winner of the 1990 Sunday Times Literary award, as well as the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.