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Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories

Hailed by Patricia Cornwell as "unequivocally the most brilliant mystery writer of our time, " Ruth Rendell now delivers an all-new collection of long- and short-story mysteries. As always with Rendell, these stories of mystery and wrongdoing shine their light into the dark places of the human psyche.

Genre
british mysterymysterycrimethriller
Setting
1990sengland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 215 pages
Form
short stories

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