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Ruth Rendell
The Killing Doll

The Killing Doll

In a shabby London suburb, sixteen-year-old Pup Yearman dabbles in magic. But for Pup’s older sister Dolly, the magic is more than dabbling. Deformed by a facial birthmark, Dolly desperately wants to be cured, and her obsession with Pup’s magic sends her on a dangerous downward spiral into confusion, madness, and possibly murder. And meanwhile, in a squalid boardinghouse not far away, a young Irishman sharpens a set of butcher knives . . .

Author: Ruth Rendell
Published: 1984
Page Count: 276

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