# One Across, Two Down

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- Book: [One Across, Two Down](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rendell/one-across-two-down) ([One Across, Two Down.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rendell/one-across-two-down.md))
- Authors: [Ruth Rendell](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rendell)
- Publisher: vintage_crime_black_lizard
- ISBN: 978-03-7570-494-9
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2001-01-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester...