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Thirteen Steps Down
by Ruth Rendell
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- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0091800056
- ISBN 13
- 9780091800055
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Hutchinson, UK, 2004. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 314 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson, UK, 2004. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A classic Rendellian loner, Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number 13. Living in a decaying house in Notting Hill, Mix is obsessed with 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious Christie committed a series of foul murders. He is also infatuated with a beautiful model who lives nearby - a woman who would not look at him twice. Mix's landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer is equally reclusive - living her life through her library of books. Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life, a long pent-up violence explodes. *** Quantity Available: 3. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN: 0091800056. ISBN/EAN: 9780091800055. Inventory No: 13070152.. 9780091800055
Synopsis
From the multi-award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler, a chilling new novel about obsession, superstition, and violence, set in Rendell's darkly atmospheric London.Mix Cellini (which he pronounces with an 'S' rather than a 'C') is superstitious about the number 13. In musty old St. Blaise House, where he is the lodger, there are thirteen steps down to the landing below his rooms, which he keeps spick and span. His elderly landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer, was born in St. Blaise House, and lives her life almost exclusively through her library of books, so cannot see the decay and neglect around her.The Notting Hill neighbourhood has changed radically over the last fifty years, and 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious John Christie committed a series of foul murders, has been torn down.Mix is obsessed with the life of Christie and his small library is composed entirely of books on the subject. He has also developed a passion for a beautiful model who lives nearby -- a woman who would not look at him twice.Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life, a long pent-up violence explodes.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13070152
- Title
- Thirteen Steps Down
- Author
- Ruth Rendell
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0091800056
- ISBN 13
- 9780091800055
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Thirteen Steps Down
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime; Fiction;
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