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 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Ruth Rendell |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dewey Decimal | 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. 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:
- "How these things came about: so shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts, Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters; of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall'n on the inventors' heads: all this can I Truly deliver".
In the US, the novel was published under the title Death Notes.
References
- "DEATH NOTES | Kirkus Reviews". 14 September 1981.
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