Blood Lines

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Blood Lines
Author Ruth Rendell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery short stories
Publisher Hutchinson
Publication date 15 August 1995
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by Simisola
Followed by The Keys to the Street

Blood Lines is a short story collection by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, published in 1995. The title story features her detective Inspector Wexford, and the final story is the acclaimed novella "The Strawberry Tree".

[edit] Contents

There are 10 short stories and one novella in the collection:

  1. "Blood Lines" (a Wexford story)
  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)