In a college town two schoolgirls live with their widowed father Luke, a gentle well-educated man, meticulous and orderly. Elvira and Spinny are watchful however for Luke plans to remarry and has chosen Mary. The threat to the girls world is removed, however, when Mary falls to her death.
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In a college town two schoolgirls live with their widowed father Luke, a gentle well-educated man, meticulous and orderly. Elvira and Spinny are watchful however for Luke plans to remarry and has chosen Mary. The threat to the girls world is removed, however, when Mary falls to her death.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of this stand alone novel. There is the shadow of a price sticker on the front panel of the dj top outside corner. Earlier owners name neatly written in pen on the first coloured end page. In near... 68 p. A Hutchinson novella. Audience: General/trade.
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George Underwood. Very Good in Very Good jacket. London: Hutchinson, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. George Underwood. Nicely illustrated novella from Rendell, in near-fine internal order, clean, crisp and bright throughout. Smart black and brown cloth boards lightly bumped. VG unclipped d/j a little rubbed. 8vo. 67pp.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of this stand alone novel. Light edge wear. Light rubbing to the surface of the dustjacket. In near fine / near fine condition. 68 p. A Hutchinson novella. Audience: General/trade.
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Heartstones, the novel, is the only portion of this book that I have read so my review does not address the commentaries included in some editions. In this delicious Rendell novel, Elvira is the narrator. Her mother has just died of cancer and now it is just she, her sister and her beloved father, Luke. When Luke announces plans to remarry, Elvira plots to kill her future step-mother, Mary. Mary indeed dies, in a terrible but unwitnessed fall. This event, is fore-shadowed by the recurrent appearance of cat ghost and eating disorders in the two sisters. As time passes, Luke grows more morose and eventually commits suicide--or was he perhaps murdered? The sisters, haunted and immobilized by their house and situation only have each other to rely on. And one of them or both may be crazy. Another great, and very, very quick Rendell read.