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A sight for sore eyes

A young woman who witnesses the murder of her mother, a fading beauty who seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man, and a young man who discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants, find their lives converge.

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  • "A sight for sore eyes"@tr

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  • "A young woman who witnesses the murder of her mother, a fading beauty who seeks to alleviate the boredom of her marriage to an older man, and a young man who discovers that killing is an easy way to get what he wants, find their lives converge."@en
  • "In traditional fairy tales the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after. But in Ruth Rendell's dark and damaged contemporary universe, innocent dreams can turn into the most terrible nightmares. Teddy Brex emerges from a loveless, isolated childhood as a handsome but autistic young man. Francine Hill, traumatised by the murder of her mother, grows into a beautiful young woman, who must endure the overprotectiveness of an increasingly obsessive stepmother. Teddy Brex does ride to her rescue, but he is a man who has already committed two murders."
  • "A Sight for Sore Eyes tells three stories, and for the longest time, the reader has no inkling of how they will come together. The first is a story of a little girl who has been scolded and sent to her room when her mother is brutally murdered; as Francine grows up, she is haunted by the experience, and it is years before she even speaks. Secondly, we become privy to the life of a young man, Teddy, born of unthinking young parents, who grows up almost completely ignored. Free of societal mores, he becomes a sociopath, who eventually discovers that killing can be an effective way to get what he wants. Thirdly, we meet Harriet, who from an early age has learned to use her beauty to make her way in the world. Bored by marriage to a wealthy, much older man, she scans the local newspapers for handymen to perform odd jobs around the house, including services in the bedroom. When these three plots strands finally converge, the result is harrowing and unforgettable. A ..."@en
  • "Damaged children grow up in different ways. Some can shuffle off the horrors of the past, others perhaps cannot change who they are, or will never know how. Teddy Brex became a handsome young man, Francine was beautiful. But it was death that brought them together."@en
  • "Een Engelse jongeman ontmoet een meisje, dat net als hij traumatische gebeurtenissen uit het verleden probeert te vergeten met alle gevolgen vandien."
  • "The lives of three people--Francine, a child who hears her mother's murder while hiding in her room; Harriet, an aging beauty who seeks out handymen to ease her boredom; and Teddy, a young man who had been ignored by his parents since birth--converge with harrowing results."
  • "A handsome young craftsman falls in love with a sweet, upper-class girl in Britain. The girl's stepmother opposes the romance because of his low-class origin so he murders her. Not his first murder, either. By the author of Road Rage."
  • "The lives of Francine, a woman who had been an eyewitness as a child to her mother's murder; Harriet, an aging and bored beauty; and Teddy, a handsome but murderously psychopathic young man, collide in a harrowing and fateful climax."
  • "The lives of Francine, a woman who had been an eyewitness as a child to her mother's murder; Harriet, an aging and bored beauty; and Teddy, a handsome but murderously psychopathic young man, collide in a harrowing and fateful climax."@en
  • "Teddy Brex is a handsome young man. Raised by parents who never loved him, he has grown to put his trust in objects. Things rarely disappoint him the way people do. Francine Hill is a lovely sight. And, like Teddy, she carries deep psychological scars. What brings these two young people together, however, isn't beauty. It is death."@en

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  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Powieść kryminalna angielska"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Spannung"

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  • "A Sight for Sore Eyes a novel"
  • "Olume bakangozler"
  • "Deseo criminal"@es
  • "Deseo criminal"
  • "A sight for sore eyes"@en
  • "A sight for sore eyes"
  • "Deseo Criminal = A sight for sore eyes"
  • "Ölüme bakan gözler = A sight for sore eyes"
  • "Um deleite para a vista"
  • "Der sonderling"@en
  • "Ölüme bakan gözler"@tr
  • "Streling voor het oog"
  • "Sage comme une image : roman"
  • "Solnce dlja mertvyh glaz = a sight for sore eyes"
  • "Sage comme une image"
  • "Der Sonderling : Roman"
  • "A sight for sore eyes : a novel"
  • "A sight for sore eyes : a novel"@en
  • "Solnt︠s︡e dli︠a︡ mertvykh glaz"
  • "A sight of sore eyes"@en
  • "Sight for sore eyes"
  • "Sight for sore eye"
  • "A sight for sore eyes a novel"
  • "A sight for sore eyes a novel"@en
  • "Der Sonderling Roman"

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