The Thief (Quick Read)

The Thief (Quick Read)

by RuthRendell (Author)

Synopsis

What you do in childhood may come back to haunt you. Stealing things from people who had upset her was something Polly did quite a lot. There was her Aunt Pauline; a girl at school; a boyfriend who left her. And there was the man on the plane ...Humiliated and scared by a total stranger Polly does what she always does. She steals something. But she never could have imagined that her desire for revenge would have such terrifying results.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: 1st Paperback Printing
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 02 Mar 2006

ISBN 10: 0099497883
ISBN 13: 9780099497882
Book Overview: FROM THE AUTHOR OF END IN TEARS, COMES A CHILLING THRILLER FOR 'Quick Reads' - PART OF THE WORLD BOOK DAY ADULT LITERACY INITIATIVE 2006 ... 20050217

Media Reviews
'Rendell knows how to make your hair stand up straight on your head' Maeve Binchy 'Rendell's eerie capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish' The Times 'It's impossible to read the terrors abroad in her shabby streetscapes without total emotional involvement' Sunday Times
Author Bio
Ruth Rendell is the Queen of British crime writing. The author of over 50 novels, she has won many significant crime fiction awards. Her first novel, From Doon With Death, appeared in 1964, and since then her reputation and readership have grown steadily with each new book. She has received major awards for her work; three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America; the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award for 1976's best crime novel, A Demon in My View; the Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981 for The Lake of Darkness; the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for 1986's best crime book for Live Flesh; in 1987 the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for A Fatal Inversion and in 1991 the same award for King Solomon's Carpet, both written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine; the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990; and in 1991 the Crime Writer's Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding contribution to the crime fiction genre. Her books are translated into 21 languages. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.