The Water’s Lovely
Author: Ruth Rendell
The award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler brings us another terrifically paced, richly drawn novel of suspense and psychological intrigue.,,Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream. The dream always began in the same way.,,She and her mother would be climbing the stairs, fol….Read More
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