A judgement in stone

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"A classic."--The London Times 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. "It will be an amazing achievement if [Rendell] ever writes a better book."--London Daily Express"Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world."--TimeFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

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Other Editions

• A judgement in stoneHutchinson1977-01-01
• A judgement in stonedoubleday1977-01-01
• A judgement in stone.Book Club Associates1977-01-01
• A Judgement in stoneG.K. Hall and Co.1978-01-01
• A judgement in stoneDoubleday1978-01-01
• L'AnalphabèteLibrairie des Champs-Élysées1978-01-01