The Lake of Darkness

The Lake of Darkness

infobox Book
name = The Lake of Darkness
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author = Ruth Rendell
cover_artist =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series =
genre = Crime, Mystery novel
publisher = Hutchinson
release_date = April 1980
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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