The Fever Tree And Other Stories

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    • Return to Book Page. The Fever Tree and Other Stories 3. In this collection of eleven stories, murder is committed for reasons of fear, jealously, cupidity, and out of sheer compulsion, while the settings include an African game park, a sinister ruined cemetery, an East Anglian seaside resort, and the gloomy purlieus of Epping Forest. Paperback , pages. Published February 27th by Arrow first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

    Lists with This Book. Feb 21, John King rated it it was amazing. The short story The Fever Tree is one of the most perfect suspense stories ever written. Ruth Rendell expertly guides the reader into worrying about future danger, and then pulls the rug out from under him letting him fall into a nearby abyss of true and very real horror. The ending left me screaming with shock and rage. Nov 04, Vicki Klemm rated it liked it.

    Really liked the story about the knitting nurse- go figure! Sep 16, Cindy rated it it was ok Shelves: I normally enjoy this author but I felt cheated by the underdeveloped characters. It reminded me why I don't like short stories.

    Her murderers are rarely obviously psychopathic killers, nor particularly suave or elegant; they are ordinary people seized by idle curiosity and boredom. The unfaithful husband's antipathy toward his wife, who he sees as pathetic and childish, manifests in contemplation of m "The Fever Tree", more so than any of the other stories in this collection, exemplify Rendell's style.

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    The unfaithful husband's antipathy toward his wife, who he sees as pathetic and childish, manifests in contemplation of murder - with, of course, a twist at the end. Like others in the story, there is a dry understatement and makes the simple grotesque. One follows a man who finds he gets a thrill from scaring young women in the woods at night. He earnestly denies that he means them any harm, and the reader is revolted, but fascinated, because a twist must be coming - the obvious answer, of course, that he will get his comeuppance, is flatly denied, making the resolution that much more interesting.

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    Some are obvious, such as the bored teenager who creates poisons out of scientific curiosity, but the actual murder is not what fascinates, it's the way it is revealed, the dynamics of the characters, and what they choose to do with their knowledge. While not all of them are gems, the ones that are will linger. Jun 04, Marlene Debo rated it it was amazing.

    Don't care for her Inspector Wexford novels I don't like short stories, but these are magnificent. I also adore Rendell's The Crocodile Bird.

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    Really liked the story about the knitting nurse- go figure! Feb 28, Margaret M. Amazon Inspire Digital Educational Resources. Murder in My Backyard. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. While not all of them are gems, the ones that are will linger.

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