I like to read Ruth Rendell's stand alone novels although the Wexford novels are obviously her best.
In this novel someone in West London is murdering young women but keeping souvenirs of his kills. Rendell moves us from the national level that such a crime would cause to the local level and the effects of the crime on the inhabitants of converted flats above an antiques and curios shop.
The killer is arrogant and makes a mistake that affects the lives of all of the people around him. As ever with Ruth Rendell we are inside the minds of the diverse people we meet in the novel and it is a fantastic perspective that we get of the facts of the case.
The book is a bit long for me but I enjoyed reading this very much.
8/10 for me.
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