- The Lake of Darkness
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name = The Lake of Darkness
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author =Ruth Rendell
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country =United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Crime,Mystery novel
publisher = Hutchinson
release_date = April1980
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 201 pp
isbn = ISBN 0091408105
preceded_by =Means of Evil
followed_by =Put on by Cunning "The Lake of Darkness" is a novel by British writer
Ruth Rendell , first published in 1980. It won the Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981.The title comes from a quotation from Shakespeare's
King Lear ::"Frateretto calls me; and tells me Nero is an angler in the lake of darkness. Pray, innocent, and beware the foul fiend".
Plot summary
When Martin Urban wins the pools, he decides to use his money for the good of other. Finn also comes into money, though his comes wrapped in dirty newspaper. He, too, likes to help people - though only if the price is right. How can the two hugely different lives of these men possibly clash? But clash they do, with awful results.
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