by Ruth Rendell · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782702134719
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«Crime par ascendant» is the mystery novel by Ruth Rendell, published by Calmann-Lévy in paperback (522 pages, in French).
The current Lord Nanther investigates the life of his great-grandfather, physician to Queen Victoria and expert on blood diseases, especially hemophilia, while preparing his biography. Reviewing the ancestor's letters, diaries and essays, he uncovers silences and contradictions in the official portrait and suspects the family archives hide a secret.
Original title: The Blood Doctor, originally published in 2002; this French edition appeared in 2004.
With its plot of family secrets and Victorian setting, it will appeal to those seeking suspense with a historical backdrop.
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.
