A Spot of Folly

A Spot of Folly Synopsis

New and uncollected tales of murder, mischief, magic and madness. Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense: these are ten (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories, collected here together for the first time. In these tales, a businessman boasts about cheating on his wife, only to find the tables turned.

A beautiful country rectory reverberates to the echo of a historical murder. A compulsive liar acts on impulse, only to be lead inexorably to disaster. And a wealthy man finds there is more to his wife's kidnapping than meets the eye.

Atmospheric, gripping and never predictable, this is Ruth Rendell at her inimitable best. The stories are:

• Never Sleep in a Bed Facing a Mirror
• A Spot of Folly
• The Price of Joy
• The Irony of Hate
• Digby's Wives
• The Haunting of Shawley Rectory
• A Drop Too Much
• The Thief
• The Long Corridor of Time
• In the Time of his Prosperity
• and Trebuchet. Introduction from Sophie Hannah