For Rendell herself, words and writing were her passion. What events and state of mind had led them to kill someone else? And that is exactly what she does with A Judgement in Stone.įor many of us book lovers who don’t think twice about our ability to crack open and read a book, Rendell highlights a problem that still plagues society today. Rendell said it herself many times, it wasn’t the crime she was interested in, but how people got themselves to that point in the first place. Why would anyone want to continue reading a novel when the murderer, the victims and the motive given in the opening line? Ah, but this is Rendell country and always with her work, ‘the reason why’ (a title she gave her anthology of crime fiction) is the most powerful part of Rendell’s novels. ‘Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write.’ It may have something to do with the opening line… First published in 1977, this novel of Rendell’s has consistently popped up as another author’s favourite novel from her large body of work. Chris Simmons, Online Editor at, takes a look at the enduring appeal of Ruth Rendell and her brand new short story collection, A Spot of Folly.Ī few months ago I went to the theatre to see the stage adaptation of Rendell’s novel, A Judgement in Stone.
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