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ONE ACROSS, TWO DOWN.
by RENDELL, RUTH
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, [1971]., 1971. First edition. First edition. Former owner's neat bookplate on front fly-leaf else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. For twenty years Maud has hated her son-in-law, Stanley Feckless ... he is unambitious, has a criminal record and spends his days on his hobby -- working crossword puzzles. For that same time period, Stanley has hated his mother-in-law, but she has money --- lots of money!! It wasn't until the two were living under the same roof that each realized the true extent of their mutual hatred.
Synopsis
Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. For she lives with them now--and she will stop at nothing to tear his marriage apart. One afternoon, Stanley lends death a helping hand. But very soon after the deed is done, he finds that his actions may cost him. In One Across, Two Down, master crime writer Ruth Rendell describes a man whose strained sanity and stained reputation transform him from a witless loser into a killer afraid of his own shadow.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33025
- Title
- ONE ACROSS, TWO DOWN.
- Author
- RENDELL, RUTH
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson, [1971].
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
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