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The Rottweiler
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781400095889
ISBN: 1400095883
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: September 13, 2005
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
The first victim had bite marks on her neck so the London papers nicknamed her killer, “the Rottweiler.” He has been stalking the small and diverse London community of Lisson Grove, where Inez Ferry runs an antique shop frequented by a motley collection of eccentric individuals. When the Rottweiler’s trinkets start showing up in the shop, suddenly, everyone Inez knows is a suspect, and the killer feels all too close. Enthralling and deeply unsettling, The Rottweiler alternates expertly between the mind of a psychopath and the daily affairs of those living in his shadow. It is a transfixing mystery that only Ruth Rendell could write.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A Spine-Tingling Mystery
Ruth Rendell is one of my favorite British authors. She has the capability to make readers care vividly for seemingly ordinary characters. The Rottweiler is one of my favorites of her books.
In this compelling novel, a serial killer is strangling young women and taking a memento from each victim as a macabre trophy. The little trinkets, (earrings and a locket for instance), begin appearing in an Antiques shop on Star Street in Marylebone, London. Rendell introduces us to the tenets of the ... Read More
Rating: - Quirky characters, quirky plot!
This book of Ruth Rendell's is less of a mystery since we learn the identity of the killer quite early, and more of a true psychological study. We examine the psychological profile of the killer who is a self-absorbed psychopath, as well as the breakdown of a borderline personality in the character of Will. And we see how the personalities of these two people affect all of the the other people that interact with them. As I read I kept expecting something truly horrible to happen. (as if the murders ... Read More
Rating:  - Tame Mystery, Full of Quirky Characters
I am not a die-hard mystery reader, although I do like the occasional mystery, and this is my first Ruth Rendell novel. I can't say that it made me want to read more of her work.
The Rottweiler revolves around a small antique store in London. The characters who work in, visit, and hang around the shop are the key to a series of murders in the city. Mistakenly dubbed "the Rottweiler" because a bite mark appeared on his first victim, the murderer garrotes young women and removes trinkets from ... Read More
Rating: - Rottweiler has plenty of teeth
This is a late (for the book's age) review, but I wanted to add my admiration for Rendell's unfailing ability to construct wonderful stories that are even better character studies. Her principal characters are usually way off center, but not perceived as being as dangerous or as bizaare as they really are by the rest of the world. "The Rottweiler" is a very good example of mundane/normal/boring vs. crazy/malevolent. A good read and worthy of Rendell's well-earned reputation as a master writer of good ... Read More
Rating: - Lacks the zip of her earlier work
At her best -- and I think you have to go back a decade or so to find her best non-Wexfords -- Rendell creates a wonderful sense of tension by portraying characters who have some flaw or tendency that inexorably draws them into the darkness. That kind of tension is really lacking in this book.
We have the setting Rendell/Vine uses so often: a London house full of disparate residents and their friends. But none of them really engages us; in fact, some of them are mere caricatures. Even the killer ... Read More
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