Make Death Love Me
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| 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 |
| Publication date | 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, and won Sweden's Martin Beck Award.
[edit] Plot summary
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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