Dark Corners

By Ruth Rendell

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Dark Corners is the final novel by Ruth Rendell, published in 2015 after her death. Carl Martin inherits his father's London house and rents a room to Dermot McKinnon. When Carl sells some of his father's diet pills to a friend who then dies, Dermot begins to blackmail him, leading Carl into desperation and murder.

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• Stephen King: “Every aspect of Ruth Rendell's dark art is splendidly showcased in Dark Corners. One can't say she saved the best for last, because a great many books by Ms. Rendell and her alter ego Barbara Vine are so splendid, but it's among the best. You won't put it down. I loved it.”