What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre?

On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective Chief Superintendent William Vetch arrests Miss Parchman two weeks later, he discovers a second tragedy: the key to the Valentine's Day massacre hidden within a private humiliation Eunice Parchman has guarded all her life. A brilliant rendering of character, motive, and the heady discovery of truth, A Judgement in Stone is among Ruth Rendell's finest psychological thrillers.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 01/04/2000
ISBN: 9780375704963
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Library Journal 06/15/2000 pg. 122