The Shape of Snakes

2000 novel by Minette Walters

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The Shape of Snakes

First edition

Author| Minette Walters
Language| English
Genre| Crime / Mystery novel
Publisher| Macmillan Publishers

Publication date

| 20 October 2000
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print (Hardcover, Paperback) & Audio CD
Pages| 400 pp (hardback)
ISBN| 0-333-74860-3
OCLC| 59579278

The Shape of Snakes is a crime novel by English writer Minette Walters published in 2000. The story won Denmark's Pelle Rosencrantz Award.

## Synopsis

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In 1978, a black woman known as 'Mad Annie' by her neighbours was found dead in a west London gutter, her body discovered by Mrs. Ranelagh who, despite supposedly not knowing the dead woman, spends the next twenty years trying to convince the police that she was murdered. However, those once familiar with Annie despised her as a mean old eccentric and animal abuser, whilst Ranelagh's husband seemingly disdains any mention of the case.

## External links

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* More about The Shape of Snakes on Walters' website
* Agent's dedicated page

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Novels by Minette Walters

* The Ice House (1992)
* The Sculptress (1993)
* The Scold's Bridle (1994)
* The Dark Room (1995)
* The Echo (1997)
* The Breaker (1998)
* The Tinder Box (1999)
* The Shape of Snakes (2000)
* Acid Row (2001)
* Fox Evil (2002)
* Disordered Minds (2003)
* The Devil's Feather (2005)
* Chickenfeed (2006)
* The Chameleon's Shadow (2007)
* A Dreadful Murder (2013)
* The Cellar  (2015)
* The Last Hours (2017)
* The Turn of Midnight (2018)
* The Swift & the Harrier (2022)

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