Description
In a gentrified corner of London’s Notting Hill, a seemingly ordinary transaction on Portobello Road—money changing hands, a painting sold for a fortune, and a wallet found—sets off a chain of consequences that no one can fully control. As different lives intersect, Eugene Wren’s discovery of an envelope filled with cash draws him into a web of competing claims, private desperation, and moral compromise. Ruth Rendell’s signature psychological acuity and tightly observed storytelling illuminate how small choices can ripple outward, reshaping relationships and exposing the fractures beneath a polished neighborhood. Blending suspense with social insight, this novel explores greed, identity, and the unsettling distance between respectability and ruin.
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ebook
Random House Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2008
ISBN: 9781409035312
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First Published
2008
Language
eng
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