Master of the Moor
by:
Ruth Rendell (author)
Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor--until the senseless and frightening murder of a young woman invades his sense of privacy and pollutes his beloved moor with suspicion and dread. Still, he becomes intrigued, and a second murder captures his imagination in a most unpredictable way.
Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor--until the senseless and frightening murder of a young woman invades his sense of privacy and pollutes his beloved moor with suspicion and dread. Still, he becomes intrigued, and a second murder captures his imagination in a most unpredictable way.
show less
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780394522159 (039452215X)
Publish date: August 12th 1982
Publisher: Pantheon
Pages no: 218
Edition language: English
Even when Rendell’s books don’t grab me by the throat, they are still. Wuthering Heights, for instance, did a better job of conjuring a moor in my eye (so does Kate Bush’s song based on Bronte’s novel). Yet, the twist is properly lied out, and still surprises the reader. Nice way to spend a couple...