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Title	:	Thirteen Steps Down
Author	:	Ruth Rendell
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 340 pages
Published	:	September 27th 2005 by Crown (first published 2004)
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Thriller. Suspense. Mystery Thriller

Thirteen Steps Down

Ruth Rendell

Hardcover | Pages: 340 pages

Rating: 3.56 | 3079 Users | 281 Reviews

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From the multi-award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler, a chilling new novel about obsession, superstition, and violence, set in Rendell’s darkly atmospheric London.

Mix Cellini (which he pronounces with an ‘S’ rather than a ‘C’) is superstitious about the number 13. In musty old St. Blaise House, where he is the lodger, there are thirteen steps down to the landing below his rooms, which he keeps spick and span. His elderly landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer, was born in St. Blaise House, and lives her life almost exclusively through her library of books, so cannot see the decay and neglect around her.

The Notting Hill neighbourhood has changed radically over the last fifty years, and 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious John Christie committed a series of foul murders, has been torn down.

Mix is obsessed with the life of Christie and his small library is composed entirely of books on the subject. He has also developed a passion for a beautiful model who lives nearby — a woman who would not look at him twice.

Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix’s life, a long pent-up violence explodes.

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Original Title:	Thirteen Steps Down
ISBN:	1400098424 (ISBN13: 9781400098422)
Edition Language:	English

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Having read four or five of Ruth Rendell's books thus far, I am happy that she is a prolific author. Not only has she been prolific, but she has remained constant in the quality of her story-telling in my experiences.Thirteen (13) Steps Down is a stand-alone psychological thriller that for me began very slowly. My patience was rewarded as I delved further into the story. Her plot is very much character-driven which lent itself to the initial slow pace, but drama begins to ensue before too long.

It's the first and only book I've read of this author. I realize she has a big following, but I'm not one of them. Why? I never got into this book. I didn't care about any of the characters especially the murderer. Too mundane? Too common? I'm not sure, but I know I hated a scene later in the novel where the murderer used a pillow. I screamed. How stupid. You want me to believe this? That moment completely spoiled the story for me.

I am doing my escape reading.blame my sister. I read another Rendell as well but apparently it was more forgettable, I've already forgotten almost everything about it...I prefer her novels to her Wexford mysteries.

Ruth Rendell has written many books. She has won more awards than The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy managed at this years Oscars. To add insult to injury shes notched up a sterling collection under the pseudonym of Barbara Vine. King Solomons Tapestry is a must. Rendells chilling Thirteen Steps Down deals with obsession, superstition, and violence. Her dark London is the answer to Rankins disturbing Edinburgh. Mix Cellini is a semi-educated mechanic. He fixes exercise machines. He indulges in

Rendell is possibly the best mystery writer out there today. Rarely have I found a book of hers that didn't make me think as I tried to put together the psychology behind her characters. 13 Steps down is no exception.

I just read Ruth RendellsThe Crocodile Bird & The Water's Lovely- both excellent. Read great reviews on this one and was all set for a similarly enjoyable read. Such a letdown. The story is agonizingly drawn out; every character is either just dull or out-and-out dislikeable. In fact in most cases theyre both! I think I need to give myself a break from Ruth Rendell for now anyway.

If your looking for something different,with some unusual charters,this may be the story for you.It sure was for me! I liked it!!Narrator Ric Jerrom did a nice job.Almost clean. Some Foul Language.