{"product_id":"tigerlilys-orchids-ruth-rendell-9781439150399","title":"Tigerlily's Orchids","description":"\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, \u003ci\u003eDARK CORNERS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Diamond Dagger Award-winning Ruth Rendell has written a psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London terrace, the secrets they keep, and what they will do to hide them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs it dangerous to know too much about your neighbors?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Stuart Font decides to throw a housewarming party in his new flat, he invites all the people in his building--three flippant young girls, a lonely spinster, a man with a passion for classical history, and a woman determined to drink herself to death. After some deliberation, he even includes the unpleasant caretaker and his wife. He considered inviting a few other friends, but he definitely does not want his girlfriend, Claudia, in attendance, as he would also have to invite her lawyer husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it turns out, the party will be one everyone remembers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiving in a townhouse opposite Stuart's building, in reclusive isolation, is a young, beautiful Asian woman known as Tigerlily. As though from some strange urban fairytale, she emerges infrequently to exert a terrible spell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Stuart's parents, always worried about their handsome, hopelessly naive, and undermotivated son, have even more cause for concern. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkly humorous, piercingly insightful about human behavior, Ruth Rendell, whom \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine calls \"one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation,\" has created an extraordinarily compelling story of our lives and crimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Rendell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439150397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439150399\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 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2012 pg. 32","brand":"Ruth Rendell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43934996594943,"sku":"9781439150399","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2ed21e6c-3e37-4fae-b6b7-ad6a44d45de0.jpg?v=1681417249","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tigerlilys-orchids-ruth-rendell-9781439150399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}