Grasshopper
by Ruth Rendell
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Clodagh Brown loved climbing. First it was trees. Later, as a teenager, she would scale the electrical pylons that tower over the English countryside like giant grasshoppers -- and share the experience with Daniel, her first lover. As a young woman she'd walk for miles over London's rooftops, peering through windows into people's intimate lives in a nightly ritual that bound her closely to the small group of friends with whom she lived and climbed. Looking back on it, Clodagh would claim that her passion for heights saved her life -- but not without exacting a terrible cost....
Themes & subjects
MysteryDetective and mystery storiesPsychological fictionFictionmurder mysteryClimbing specialists
First published 2002Setting
LondonLondon (England)England
About the author
Ruth Rendell
17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015
Ruth Barbara Rendell is an English crime author (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Rendell>Wikipedia</a>).
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