Thirteen Steps Down by Ruth Rendell (Hardcover)

Thirteen Steps Down \nRendell, Ruth\n\nPublished by Hutchinson, London (2004) First Edition hardcover. First Impression with number string down to '1'. Vg+ book with clipped jacket, minor shelf wear. Minor marks to the closed edges. A classic Rendellian loner, Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number 13. Living in a decaying house in Notting Hill, Mix is obsessed with 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious Christie committed a series of foul murders. He is also infatuated with a beautiful model who lives nearby - a woman who would not look at him twice. Mix's landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer is equally reclusive - living her life through her library of books. Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life, a long pent-up violence explodes.\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\nOne of a number of similar items I am selling. Check out the other items in my Ebay shop. Postage is always combined where possible. \n\n&nbr