A special edition of A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy. On Valentines Day, four members of the Coverdale family were murdered in the space of fifteen minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them one by one in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When the police arrest Miss Parchman two weeks later, they discover a second tragedy: the key to the Valentines Day massacre, a private humiliation Eunice Parchman has guarded all her life. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Special EditionRuth Rendell is the award-winning author of End in Tears, Harm Done, Road Rage, The Keys to the Street, Bloodlines, Simisola, and The Crocodile Bird, among many others. She has won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and was also the recipient of three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and four Gold Daggers from Great Britains Crime Writers Association. In 1997, she was named a life peer in the House of Lords. Ruth Rendell also wrote mysteries under the name of Barbara Vine, of which A Dark Adapted Eye is the most famous. She died in 2015.Book specifications:Collection: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Anniversary EditionDimensions: 201 x 130Author: Ruth RendellCover type: PaperbackPublishing Year: 2022Publishing Month: 8Pages: 208Language: EnglishPublisher: Vintage Crime/Black LizardWeight: 204 g