A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell
A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell
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A Sight for Sore Eyes

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith, Jenny Sterlin

Unabridged: 15 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/04/2011

Synopsis

Having published 45 books, Ruth Rendell is an internationally popular mystery writer. She has won four Gold Dagger and three Edgar awards. She has been presented with the Commander of the British Empire honor, and named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. In A Sight For Sore Eyes, Ruth Rendell's exceptional literary talent shines from each word. Teddy Brex is a handsome young man. Raised by parents who never loved him, he has grown to put his trust in objects. Things rarely disappoint him the way people do. Francine Hill is a lovely sight. And, like Teddy, she carries deep psychological scars. What brings these two young people together, however, isn't beauty. It is death. As Ruth Rendell probes the dark forces childhood has created in Teddy's and Francine's lives, an emotionally gripping story unfolds. Narrator Jenny Sterlin voices all the subtle layers of suspense that are the hallmark of Rendell's incomparable work.

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 John on August 02, 2022

The best crime story I have read this year. Teddy is a young craftsman brought up by unthinking and uninterested parents in filth and unloved. He is a neatness freak, talented and a complete psychopath. Harriet is a woman whose claim to fame was being a model in a famous picture. She is completely s......more

Goodreads review by Carol on September 13, 2015

Ruth Rendell has made a long career out of writing about damaged people. They go about their lives doing things that are strange, sadistic and even criminal but somehow they are undetected until they spiral out of control. In "A Sight for Sore Eyes" her lead characters are Teddy and Francine. Teddy......more

Goodreads review by Lata on September 01, 2021

A very disturbing, creepy story. The psychologist step-mom was scarier than the psychopath, Teddy. There is no suspense in this story, but it is very captivating.......more

Goodreads review by Allan on August 09, 2013

Mmm. This was a great read. I think I might be spending some time with Ms. Rendell. As the summer wanes and I find myself pulling together the reading I'll do with my students, I admit that I'm getting a bit resentful of having to go back to work, for one reason: no more lying on the couch for hours......more

Goodreads review by Anna on October 31, 2010

Rendell is a master storyteller. She creates stories that capture me right away. Intriguing plots involving ordinary characters in ordinary situations yet they will inevitably be pushed to commit murder. In Sight for Sore Eyes, she presents three sets of stories.First begins with Marc and Harriett w......more

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