Brat Farrar

Published without a dust jacket but in a slipcase by The Folio Society Ltd., 44 Eagle St., London WC1R 4FS in 2010 with an Introduction by Ruth Rendell and illustrated by A. Richard Allen. It was printed on Abbey Wove paper in Berwick-Upon-Tweed. It is bounded in cloth and blocked with a design by the artist. In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerism's, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that jeopardize the imposter's plan and his life.