{"id":291,"date":"2017-09-13T15:05:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2017-09-13T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T14:05:19","slug":"a-judgement-in-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"A Judgement In Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Widely considered to be one of her greatest works, <i><b>A Judgement In Stone<\/b><\/i>\u00a0is a 1977 novel by <a title=\"Ruth Rendell\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B003S3RM7K\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B003S3RM7K&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=86879189dbb788c935bcdd1b23d799c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruth Rendell.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a psychological thriller\u00a0that concerns the murder of four members of the Coverdale family.\u00a0George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles all died in the space of fifteen minutes on the 14th February, St Valentine&#8217;s Day.\u00a0They were shot down on a Sunday evening while they were watching opera on television.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later \u00a0the housekeeper, Eunice Parchman,\u00a0was arrested for the crime.<\/p>\n<p>But there is more to the story&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Buy the book at <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/as-seen-on-the-solve-the-murder-blog\">https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/as-seen-on-the-solve-the-murder-blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B003S3RM7K\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B003S3RM7K&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=86879189dbb788c935bcdd1b23d799c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=B003S3RM7K&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The thriller has also been made into a play. It was staged at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford by The Agatha Christie Theatre Company in September 2017. The star cast included Sophie ward, Shirley Anne Field, Chris Ellison, \u00a0Antony Costa, Robert Duncan, Deborah Grant and Ben Nealon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B003S3RM7K\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B003S3RM7K\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B003S3RM7K\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widely considered to be one of her greatest works, A Judgement In Stone\u00a0is a 1977 novel by Ruth Rendell. 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