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RENDELL**, RUTH: : GOING WRONG

USA.NY.THE MYSTERIOUS PRESS/WARNER BOOKS,1990.

ISBN 0892963891.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.Stated First Printing: September 1990.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Mel Odom,illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with green and brown lettering,rear panel with green,brown and black lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges minimally dust-soiled with some minimal grubbing,fore-edges minimally and sporadically foxed/spotted towards it's bottom edges - but both generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.However,production faults of an oblique diagonal crease to dedication page and a similar crease but the full-length of the pages 3 and 4 - the signature/paper being creased before the ink printing process resulting in partial gaps in print (pp3) and mis-aligned text/print on pp4.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original cream cloth blindspine with bright,crisp,blocked red fluorescent gilt letters to same,rest of boards red paper-covered and immaculate plain red endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-260pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a title separator page and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.Edge of 2nd page blank minimally marked. "Crimes are more often committed out of fear than out of wickedness," said author Ruth Rendell in a New York Times interview."People live frightened, desperate lives . . ." Proof of this may be found in her new novel of chilling suspense,'GOING WRONG'. Guy Curran is a prisoner of obsessive love. Leonora Chisholm holds the key to that obsession. Teenage sweethearts,she has since rejected Guy and his nouveau-riche milieu,choosing to follow her family's tradition of genteel near-poverty and liberal intellectualism. Guy made a small fortune in drug-dealing and low-level gangstering,occupations disdained by the moral Chisholms.An interlude duing which he supplied LSD to a mental patient - who later died under its influence - haunts him; he is convinced that his indiscretion became known to the Chisholms and led to Leonora's coolness. Utilizing his knowledge of the London underworld,Guy,whose troubles with alcohol further weaken his slipping hold on reality, orders the murder of the Chisholm family member he deems most responsible for "turning Leonora against him." Later,he reconsiders his choice of target,redirecting the killer.And once again. . . Building an enveloping atmosphere of suspense and unease,a terrifying effect unequalled by any crime writer working today,Ruth Rendell goes for the jugular with her final revelation. . . Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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