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Author | Ruth Rendell |
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Language | English |
Series | Inspector Wexford #11 |
Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
Publisher |
Hutchinson (UK) Pantheon Books (US) |
Publication date | 13 April 1981 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print ( Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 207 pp |
ISBN | 0-09-144120-X |
OCLC | 7587626 |
823/.914 19 | |
LC Class | PR6068.E63 P87 1981 |
Preceded by | A Sleeping Life |
Followed by | The Speaker of Mandarin |
Put on by Cunning is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. [1] It was first published in 1981, and features her popular series protagonist Inspector Wexford. It is the 11th in the series.
The title comes from a quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act V Scene II:
In the US, the novel was published under the title Death Notes.