Description
On Valentine’s Day, a housekeeper commits a shocking act of violence—killing her employer’s entire family—and the case is immediately framed not as a puzzle of identity, but as a question of motive. As a police investigator reconstructs the events and probes the psychological pressures behind the crime, the narrative becomes a tense “whydunnit,” driven by character, perception, and the unsettling logic of human behavior. Ruth Rendell’s signature style—sharp observation, moral ambiguity, and meticulous attention to motive—turns the investigation into a study of obsession, resentment, and the thin line between ordinary life and catastrophe. With no reliance on trickery, the suspense comes from watching truth emerge piece by piece, until the judgment that seemed inevitable is finally understood.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published Sep 23, 2009
227 pages
ISBN: 9780307557186
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Details
First Published
1977
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell.