Put on By Cunning
 | This article needs a 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.[1] 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.