Ruth Rendell

A fading beauty has resorted to seducing workmen in her palatial home, but when she sets her sights on craftsman Teddy Brex, the tired pattern of her life shifts from pathetic to deadly. Reprint.

A Novel

A Sight for Sore Eyes

In traditional fairy tales the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after. But in Ruth Rendell's dark and damaged contemporary universe, innocent dreams can turn into the most terrible living nightmares. Teddy Brex emerges from a loveless, isolated childhood as a handsome but autistic young man. Francine Hill, emotionally and mentally scarred by the murder of her mother, grows into a beautiful young woman, who must endure the overprotectiveness of an increasingly obsessive stepmother. Teddy Brex does ride to her rescue, but he is a man who has already committed two murders. In Rendell's dark criminal London, can anyone be trusted?

A Sight For Sore Eyes

Cams Campbell

Left behind by my mother in law. I started reading it as a joke to my wife but got drawn in. I actually quite enjoyed it.

In traditional fairytales the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after. But in Ruth Rendell's dark and damaged contemporary universe, innocent dreams can turn into the most terrible

A Sight for Sore Eyes A Novel

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