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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Contributor(s): Vine, Barbara (Author)

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 ISBN: 1416531939     ISBN-13: 9781416531937
Publisher: Washington Square Press
OUR PRICE: $20.89  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2006
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Annotation: After bestselling author Gerald Candless dies suddenly, his grief-stricken daughter, Sarah, begins research for a biography of her famous father. But shocking revelations come to light and she must reconcile a life of lies and the secrets behind a long-forgotten murder.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (1.00 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 31230
Reading Level: 6.3   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 21.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Writing as Barbara Vine, Britain's preeminent mystery novelist Ruth Rendell crafts literary suspense of the highest order. With this richly textured and utterly absorbing page-tumer, Vine adds to her growing reputation as one of the great writers of our time.
Bestselling and critically acclaimed novelist Gerald Candless dies suddenly, and leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, his daughter Sarah puts aside her university studies and agrees to write a biography of her famous father. But as she begins her research and pulls back the veil of his past, her life is slowly torn apart: a terrible logic begins to unfold that explains her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself -- and sheds shocking light on a long-forgotten London murder.

Contributor Bio(s): Vine, Barbara: - Barbara Vine is a pseudonym for Ruth Rendell, who has won numerous awards, including three Edgars, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as three Gold Daggers, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England's prestigious Crime Writer's Association. A member of the House of Lords, she lives in London. Ruth Rendell's newest novel is No Man's Nightingale.
 
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