Blood Lines (short story collection)

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Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories
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First edition (UK)
Author Ruth Rendell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Crime/Mystery
Publisher Hutchinson (UK)
Crown (US)
Publication date
1995
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
ISBN 0517193191

Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories is a 1995 short story collection by British writer Ruth Rendell. [1]

Contents

Contents

The volume contains 9 short stories and 2 longer novellas:

  1. Blood Lines (novella - Inspector Wexford)
  2. Lizzie's Lover
  3. Shreds and Slivers
  4. Burning End
  5. The Man Who Was The God Of Love
  6. The Carer
  7. Expectations
  8. Clothes
  9. Unacceptable Levels
  10. In All Honesty
  11. The Strawberry Tree (novella)

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References

  1. "FantasticFiction > Authors R > Ruth Rendell > Blood Lines". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-08.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)