Talking to Strange Men Hardcover by Rendell Ruth Signed First printing of the st

Talking to Strange Men Hardcover by Rendell Ruth Signed First printing of the stated first American edition with book sleeve and protective sleeve in excellent pre-owned condition with minor wear as pictured.

Synopsis
A clerk who believes he has decoded the messages of an actual spy ring, instead of a schoolboys' complex game, plans to use the network to find the man who has stolen away his wife

Reviews
YA Another compelling novel of psychological suspense from Rendell. The characters, a group of teenage boys playing espionage games and a lonely man facing his wife's desertion, are introduced through a first-person narrative which at first barely allows readers to understand how they relate to each other. Slowly the characters' lives become intertwined through the discovery of secret messages and unsolved codes. The suspense builds as readers realize that the misconceptions that each character holds can lead to disaster and that the teenage espionage games actually deal with a man's