Book description
There are only two things in life that interest Stanley: solving
crossword puzzles, and getting his hands on his mother-in-law's money.
For twenty years, nearly all his adult life, the puzzles have been his
only pleasure; his mother-in-law's money his only dream. And in all
those years it has never once occurred to Stanley that she would try
to outsmart him and the money might never be his.
Until now.
It is only now that Stanley, so clever at misleading double-meanings
and devious clues, decides to construct a puzzle of his own - and so
give death a helping hand.
Ruth Rendell has won many awards, including the Crime Writers'
Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with
A Demon in
My View
; a second Edgar in 1984 from the Mystery Writers of America for the
best short story, 'The New Girl Friend'; and a Gold Dagger award for
Live Flesh
in 1986. She was also the winner of the 1990
Sunday Times
Literary award, as well as the Crime Writers' Association Cartier
Diamond Dagger. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a
Life Peer.
