The Water's Lovely: an intensely gripping and charged psychological story of relationships built on murderous lies and hidden secrets from the award winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell

by Ruth Rendell

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Can you bury a secret so deep that the truth will never surface? Multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell poses this question in this breath-taking, taut and tension-ridden psychological thriller. Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will not be disappointed!

'Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world' -- Ian Rankin

'Unequivocally the most brilliant mystery writer of our time. She magnificently triumphs in a style that is uniquely hers.' -- Patricia Cornwell
'Rendell coaxes her horrors along so seductively that all kinds of nastiness seems not only possible, but inevitable.' -- Literary Review
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  • ISBN10 0099504278
  • ISBN13 9780099504276
  • Publish Date 2 August 2007 (first published 4 October 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 11 October 2023
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Cornerstone
  • Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
  • Pages 416
  • Language English