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A sleeping life
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Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1978.
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180 pages ; 22 cm.
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Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life.
In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary—the plain Polly Flinders—provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios—and suspects—behind the Comfrey murder.
Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally crafted, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life.
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1st ed.
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English
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0385132247 :
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APA Citation (style guide)

Rendell, R. (1978). A sleeping life. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Rendell, Ruth, 1930-. 1978. A Sleeping Life. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Rendell, Ruth, 1930-, A Sleeping Life. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1978.

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Rendell, Ruth. A Sleeping Life. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1978.

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