Make Death Love Me
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| Author | Ruth Rendell |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Hutchinson |
| Released | 1979 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 215 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-09-136630-5 (first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | A Sleeping Life |
| Followed by | Means of Evil |
Make Death Love Me is a 1979 novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, seen by some as one of her bleakest and most powerful. The novel was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award.
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The novels protagonist is Alan Groombridge, a bank manager bored with his dull wife and with his tedious life. The thing which keeps Alan going is a fantasy of one day stealing enough of the bank's money to afford himself a life of complete freedom for a year. One day, when the bank is robbed at gun-point, Alan sees this an opportunity to make his fantasy happen, with dire consequences.
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