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Title details for The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell - Available

The Crocodile Bird

by Ruth Rendell
Jill Tanner
Audiobook
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Liza is raised in a remote rural hamlet. One evening, Liza's mother orders her to leave home forever. Paralyzed at having to fend for herself, Liza finds refuge with Sean, a drifter with whom she begins to share the bizarre story of her life.

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  • Release date

    October 23, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781501988011
      • File size: 354981 KB
      • Duration: 12:19:32

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In her most chilling work yet, Rendell weaves a mesmerizing story of obsessive love between a mother and daughter, and their connection to a series of deaths near isolated Shrove House. Donada Peters's reading is perfect, as always; her British accent adds another dimension of reality to the intrigue. The small cast of characters makes the novel an excellent choice for audio. Peters's presentation of the psychological suspense will have listeners taking longer walks or driving past their destinations. S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 30, 1993
      Like a modern-day Scheherazade, young Liza Beck tells her story over a span of nights and in the process finds salvation. After the police question her mother, Eve, about the death of Jonathan Tobias, the owner of Shrove House, 16-year-old Liza runs away with Sean, the young garden hand at the remote English manor. It is to him, over the course of 101 nights, that Liza gradually reveals her strange upbringing, living alone with Eve in the gatehouse of the Tobias estate. Rigorously schooled by her mother, isolated from all society except, on occasion, the mailman or groundskeeper and the few men, including Tobias, whom Eve admits into their world, Liza learns early that others may have something to fear from Eve, but that she does not. Credibility never flags as Edgar Award-winning Rendell ( Kissing the Gunner's Daughter ) reveals the specifics of Liza's increasing contact with the world, creating suspense in the gradually meted out details of Eve's intense attachment to Shrove House and her determination to protect Liza from civilization. Although unpredictable, the payoff seems a little weak and the careful pace somewhat slow; nevertheless, there are no holes in this psychological puzzler that has a strong afterlife. Author tour.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Ruth Rendell's latest psychological thriller presents a terrifying look into the relationship of a serial killer and her daughter. There is no "who done it" about this novel, you know right away who did it. As in many of Rendell's novels, the real question is why? Although the narration is very good and the characters voices distinguishable, too much is lost in the abridgment. The plot is clear, but little of the feeling and the mood remain. It is for these features that Rendell is often referred to as "the greatest mystery writer in the English-speaking world." Some texts cannot be cut, however expertly, without losing some essential core. E.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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