Thirteen Steps Down

'Rendell knows how to make your hair stand up straight on your head' Maeve BinchyA classic Rendellian loner, Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number 13. Living in a decaying house in Notting Hill, Mix is obsessed with 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious John Christie committed a series of foul murders. He is also infatuated with a beautiful model who lives nearby – a woman who would not look at him twice.Mix's landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer is equally reclusive – living her life through her library of books.Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life, a long pent-up violence explodes.