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Vanity Dies Hard
First edition
AuthorRuth Rendell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime/Mystery novel
PublisherJohn Long
Publication date
1966
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)

Vanity Dies Hard is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, published in 1966.[1]

Plot summary

Alice Whittaker was 37, rich but dowdy, with no career. Her life a lonely failure, she had got by with the one thing she did have - money. Then handsome Andrew Fielding came into her life, and just as suddenly her beautiful friend, Nesta, vanished from it - leaving a trail of confusing clues.

References

  1. ^ "Ruth Rendell: From the archive". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.