A Judgment in Stone-以石为判

作者：Ruth Rendell

书名：A Judgment in Stone《以石为判》

中文简介：A Judgment in Stone《以石为判》是1977年由英国作家露丝·伦德尔（ Ruth Rendell）创作的小说，被广泛认为是她最伟大的作品之一。这部小说以其开场词在犯罪小说界闻名：“管家尤妮斯•帕切杀死科弗代尔家一家，是因为她是个文盲”。这部小说被誉为对20世纪70年代英国阶级之间差异的敏锐社会考察。

英文简介：What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre?

On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective Chief Superintendent William Vetch arrests Miss Parchman two weeks later, he discovers a second tragedy: the key to the Valentine's Day massacre hidden within a private humiliation Eunice Parchman has guarded all her life.  A brilliant rendering of character, motive, and the heady discovery of truth, A Judgement in Stone is among Ruth Rendell's finest psychological thrillers.