The listing, To Fear a Painted Devil by Ruth Rendell has ended.
This is a used paperback book . copyright date is 1965. The pages are yellowing from age and there is a small tear in the cover as shown in the pictures above. Gossip in tiny Linchester is raised to new heights when young Patrick Selby dies on the night of his beautiful wife's birthday party. The whole neighborhood was there, witness to the horrible attack of wasps Peter suffered at the end of the evening. But did Peter die of the stings? Dr. Greenleaf thinks not. After all, wasps aren't the only creatures that kill with poison . . .