Dark Corners: A Novel

Dark Corners: A Novel

A spectacularly compelling story of blackmail, murders both accidental and opportunistic, and of one lifeâ€™s fateful unraveling from Ruth Rendellâ€”â€œone of the most remarkable novelists of her generationâ€ (People)â€”writing at her most acute and mesmerizing.

When his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood. Carl needs cash, however, so he rents the upstairs room and kitchen to the first person he interviews, Dermot McKinnon. That was colossal mistake number one. Mistake number two was keeping his fatherâ€™s bizarre collection of homeopathic â€œcuresâ€ that he found in the medicine cabinet, including a stash of controversial diet pills. Mistake number three was selling fifty of those diet pills to a friend, who is then found dead.

Dermot seizes a nefarious opportunity and begins to blackmail Carl, refusing to pay rent, and creepily invading Carlâ€™s space. Ingeniously weaving together two storylines that finally merge in one shocking turn, Ruth Rendell describes one manâ€™s spiral into darknessâ€”and murderâ€”as he falls victim to a diabolical foe he cannot escape.

This is masterful storytelling that gets under your skin, brilliant psychological suspense from Ruth Rendell. â€œNo one surpasses Ruth Rendell when it comes to stories of obsession, instability, and malignant coincidenceâ€ (Stephen King).
Country USA
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-10-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-10-27
Format	Kindle eBook

Dark Corners: A Novel

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