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A Judgement in Stone

by Ruth Rendell

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What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre?
On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family—George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles—were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective Chief Superintendent William Vetch arrests Miss Parchman two weeks later, he discovers a second tragedy: the key to the Valentine's Day massacre hidden within a private humiliation Eunice Parchman has guarded all her life. A brilliant rendering of character, motive, and the heady discovery of truth, A Judgement in Stone is among Ruth Rendell's finest psychological thrillers.

Creators
- Ruth Rendell
  
  Author
Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Awards
- Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement Award
- Grand Master Award
Release date

May 20, 2009
Formats
- Kindle Book
- OverDrive Read
  - ISBN: 9780307557186
- EPUB ebook
  - ISBN: 9780307557186
  - File size: 1901 KB
Languages
- English
Reviews
- Library Journal
  
  June 15, 2000
  Published in 1976 and 1977, respectively, these are fairly typical of Rendell's popular psychological thrillers. Demon presents a researcher studying psychopathic personalities who doesn't recognize that his seemingly shy, harmless neighbor is a total nut job. Judgement finds a police investigator trying to discern why a housekeeper slaughters her employer's entire family on Valentine's Day.
  Copyright 2000 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

A Judgement in Stone

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