Make Death Love Me, Ruth Rendell
Make Death Love Me, Ruth Rendell
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Make Death Love Me
a nightmarish mystery of desire and deceit from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Unabridged: 7 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: RH AudioGo

Published: 07/07/2011


Synopsis

The potent and murky impulses of desire, greed, obsession and fear combine with deadly results in this compelling psychological thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Perfect for readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.

'A fine novel of suspense' -- Financial Times
'Rendell's psychological insights are so absorbing, it's easy to forget what a superb plotter she is' -- The Times
'Ruth Rendell's books are not only whodunits but whydunits, uncovering the motive roots of murder' -- Mail on Sunday
'Pretty much perfect' -- ***** Reader review
'Had me glued from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review
'Loved this book, a real page turner with a really good end!' -- ***** Reader review
'A superb work which, as always, keeps you gripped from beginning to end!!' -- ***** Reader review
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Alan Groombridge is trapped. Husband to a woman he doesn't like, father to two children he never wanted, and manager of a tiny branch of the Anglian-Victoria bank, he is doomed to a life of domestic boredom and tedious routine.

All that keeps him afloat is his one fantasy: stealing enough of the bank's money to allow him just one year of freedom - one year in which to live a different sort of life.

But one day the bank is robbed, the manager and cashier disappear and what was once a place of dull and dreary repetition becomes the scene of a brutal, chilling nightmare that might never end...

About Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell (1930–2015) won three Edgar Awards, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writ­ers’ Association. Her remarkable career spanned a half century, with more than sixty books published. A member of the House of Lords, she was one of the great literary figures of our time.


Reviews

Goodreads review by mark on October 29, 2015

the narrative details a sad and sympathetic downward spiral for the handful of characters involved in a bank robbery gone awry. Rendell, per usual, invokes each character with precise psychological acuity and, at times, an almost romantic sense of dignity. the central character, although thoroughly......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on July 31, 2017

I’ve just been reading Dickens and it took me a while to acclimatise to Make Death Love Me – but it is no less powerful for all that it is prosaic. Indeed, Ruth Rendell pens the most chilling thrillers with the most ordinary words. Alan is a bored and boring bank manager who plays out fantasies with......more

Goodreads review by Zak on December 21, 2018

A somewhat bizarre tale of a robbery gone wrong. This crime story is more of a psychological study of several distasteful characters. It is not a mystery novel, since the story is told in real-time. After the seriously under-rated A Judgement in Stone which I absolutely loved, this was my second nov......more

Goodreads review by John on February 05, 2023

A four for making me laugh out loud at the end. Alan gets redemption and Joyce gets to forget her month of horror. A sad story about a loveless marriage and two young hapless men who rob a bank and when things unravel. SPOILERS AHEAD Sometimes the routine of life is not such a bad thing. Alan the ba......more

Goodreads review by Bev on March 09, 2016

Rendell's book brings togeth two story lines. We are introduced first to Alan Groombridge, an unhappily married manager at a small bank in a Suffolk village. Groombridge is a bookish daydreamer. A man who, when his shotgun wedding brought him a dull and unfulfilling life, retreated to the pages of p......more