A Sleeping Life

Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life.

In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A wallet found in Comfrey's handbag leads Inspector Wexford to Mr. Grenville West, a writer whose plots revel in the blood, thunder, and passion of dramas of old; whose current whereabouts are unclear; and whose curious secretary — the plain Polly Flinders — provides the Inspector with more questions than answers. And when a second Grenville West comes to light, Wexford faces a dizzying array of possible scenarios — and suspects — behind the Comfrey murder.

Brilliantly entertaining, exceptionally crafted, A Sleeping Life evokes the dark realities, half-truths, and flights of fancy that constitute a life.

• Author
• Ruth Rendell

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 192

• Series
• Inspector Wexford

• Publisher
• Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780375704932

• Genres
• mystery, fiction, crime, detective, suspense, thriller, novels

• Release date
• 2000