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Ruth Rendell
The fever tree and other stories

MysteryShort Stories

The fever tree and other stories

Name: The fever tree and other stories
Author: Ruth Rendell

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First published: 1982
Editions: 11 in 3 languages

Synopsis

In this collection of eleven stories, murder is committed for reasons of fear, jealously, cupidity, and out of sheer compulsion, while the settings include an African game park, a sinister ruined cemetery, an East Anglian seaside resort, and the gloomy purlieus of Epping Forest.

Subjects: Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
Social life and customs
Criminals
English Detective and mystery stories

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Editions

11 in 3 languages

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English7 French3 German1

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