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In a gloomy cellar, the figure of a beautiful, pale woman makes no move when the man advances on her from the shadows, puts his hands around her neck and strangles her. Arthur Johnson is a mild-mannered, shy man who has never known how to talk to women. His resulting loneliness has twisted his yearning for love and respect into a carefully constructed predilection for violence and control. On the floor below him, Anthony Johnson, a scholar studying psychopathic personalities is about to stumble - quite literally - upon one of Arthur's many secrets.

©1976 Ruth Rendell (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Scary

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  • Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award, 1976
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What a clever, tense start to a book! An unexpected ending, too. The only part I was not happy with was the poor, little mouse. I can handle murders of humans, but poor, defenceless animals........

Great story

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As one who much prefers her Barbara Vine stories, this Ruth Rendell easily forgettable tale was long enough at just over 6 hours, with the last minutes being the tales best unexpected twist.
Previous reviewers have found it non PC re race /women, but it's of it's time & shouldn't be faulted for that in today's overly woke society.

A Twisted Tale!

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A steadily gripping story of lovably unlikeable characters excellently read and characterised. Two interwoven streams of interest coming together in in a final act of horror and happiness.

Sustained interest throughout.

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Continuing to work through the non-Wexford novels, this was a decent listen to pass the time - though very dated with weak pathetic female characters. Interesting to look back though on how people relied on the post for communication - looking forward each day to the postman arriving and having one telephone (a pay-phone) shared between all the flats, Dreadful attempt at a female Jamaican accent is why I gave the narration 2 stars in what would otherwise have been a decent performance.
A bit uncomfortable at times with what are now racist terms, but were acceptable and commonplace at the time.

Dated but decent

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Great story .. creepy and funny. Very well read. Some interesting characters and a few surprises.

Weird and wonderful

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