{"product_id":"dark-corners-ruth-rendell-9781501119422","title":"Dark Corners","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A spectacularly creepy and macabre tale\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) of blackmail, murders both accidental and opportunistic, and of one life's fateful unraveling--from Ruth Rendell, \"one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e), writing at her most mesmerizing. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen his father dies, Carl Martin inherits a house in an increasingly rich and trendy London neighborhood. Carl needs cash, however, so he rents the upstairs room and kitchen to the first person he interviews, Dermot McKinnon. That was colossal mistake number one. Mistake number two was keeping his father's bizarre collection of homeopathic \"cures\" that he found in the medicine cabinet, including a stash of controversial diet pills. Mistake number three was selling fifty of those diet pills to a friend, who is then found dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDermot seizes a nefarious opportunity and begins to blackmail Carl, refusing to pay rent, and creepily invading Carl's space. Ingeniously weaving together two storylines that finally merge in one shocking turn, Ruth Rendell describes one man's spiral into darkness--and murder--as he falls victim to a diabolical foe he cannot escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is masterful storytelling that gets under your skin, brilliant psychological suspense from Ruth Rendell. \"No one surpasses Ruth Rendell when it comes to stories of obsession, instability, and malignant coincidence\" (Stephen King).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Rendell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501119427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501119422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2015 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2015 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015","brand":"Ruth Rendell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985956667647,"sku":"9781501119422","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc1d6c64-602e-4f11-aa36-c7bcd5f312ab.jpg?v=1683280536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-corners-ruth-rendell-9781501119422","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}