{"product_id":"put-on-by-cunning-9780099534938","title":"Put On By Cunning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFrom Doon With Death\u003c\/i\u003e, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, Rendell was a regular \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. Her sixty bestselling novels include police procedurals, some of which have been successfully adapted for TV, stand-alone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Very much abreast of her times, the Wexford books in particular often engaged with social or political issues close to her heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with \u003ci\u003eA Demon in My View,\u003c\/i\u003e a Gold Dagger award for\u003ci\u003e Live Fles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best novelists writing today -- P.D. James\u003cbr\u003eThe most brilliant mystery novelist of our time -- Patricia Cornwell\u003cbr\u003eProbably the greatest living crime writer in the world -- Ian Rankin\u003cbr\u003e[Wexford] has become an old friend who gets better with age * Herald *\u003cbr\u003eRendell has quite simply transformed the genre of crime writing. She displays her peerless skill in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the potent murky impulses of desire and greed, obsession and fear * Sunday Times *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732275442007,"sku":"9780099534938","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099534938.jpg?v=1719996232","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/put-on-by-cunning-9780099534938","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}