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The Copper Peacock - Ruth Rendell (CD)
Title: Title: The Copper Peacock: And Other Stories Author: Ruth Rendell Genre: Detective & Mystery Format: CD (Unabridged) Synopsis: Here, from top international mystery writer Ruth Rendell, are nine new storiesone starring the astute Inspector Wexfordthat turn a microscope on the tortuous pathways of the human mind and the merciless twists of fate. Poetic justice overtakes a cocksure young thief from the public library... a dying man's wife exacts a subtle revenge when he begs to see his long-lost mistress...A perpetual failure discovers his solitary talent-homicide...The accidental death of the queenly cat Melusina locks her killer into the strange life of an old lady and her feline hierarchy...A girl's acquiescence in murder boomerangs again and again. Review: Publishers Weekly The marvelous title story, like most in this collection of nine tales by British doyenne of suspense, Edgar-winning Rendell, delights with its fine-tuned psychological effects. Egotist Bernard borrows a friend's flat to ensure quiet while he writes a book. Flattered by the awed, pretty maid, Judy, who tidies up and serves him exquisite lunches but arrives for work each day increasingly bruised and battered, Bernard cringes with mortification when Judy gives him an ugly but costly peacock-shaped bookmark. The denouement is a master stroke. A mousy woman in ``A Pair of Yellow Lilies'' takes a young lover, enticed by his angelic beauty and vividly embroidered jacket, and a subtle criminal trade-off occurs. Another tit-for-tat tale, one that cat fanciers will warm to, ``Long Live the Queen'' features a snarly elegant feline who finds her regal niche after another cat is killed. Murder is the theme in ``Mother's Help,'' in which a handsome man enlists the unwitting aid of his children in getting rid of tiresome wives. In the ghoulish ``The Fish Sitter,'' an aquarium claims human prey. Chief Inspector Wexford, from Rendell's Kingsmarkham series, appears in ``An Unwanted Woman,'' his equanimity threatened by a spooky teenage runaway. Rendell's signature is the malevolence of the day-to-day, shot through with currents of wit and whimsy. (Oct.)