INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELLS FINAL NOVEL DARK CORNERS Is it dangerous to know too much about your neighbors In Tigerlilys Orchids Diamond Dagger Awardwinning Ruth Rendell has written psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London terraceabout the secrets they keep and what they will do to hide themWhen Stuart Font decides to throw a housewarming party in his new flat he invites all the people in his buildingthree flippant young girls a lonely spinster a man with a passion for classical history and a woman determined to drink herself to death After some deliberation he even includes the unpleasant caretaker and his wife He considered inviting a few other friends but he definitely does not want his girlfriend Claudia in attendance as he would also have to invite her lawyer husband As it turns out the party will be one everyone remembers Living in a townhouse opposite Stuarts building in reclusive isolation is a young beautiful Asian woman known as Tigerlily As though from some strange urban fairytale she emerges infrequently to exert a terrible spell And Stuarts parents always worried about their handsome hopelessly naive and undermotivated son have even more cause for concern Darkly humorous piercingly insightful about human behavior Ruth Rendell whom People magazine calls one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation has created an extraordinarily compelling story of our lives and crimes.
