title: The New Girlfriend
text: # The New Girlfriend
  
  The New Girlfriend and Other Stories is a short story collection by British writer Ruth Rendell. The title story won the MWA Edgar Award for Best Short Story of the Year in 1984.
  
  ## Contents
  
  The collection contains 11 stories:
  
  * The New Girlfriend
  * A Dark Blue Perfume
  * The Orchard Walls
  * Hare's House
  * Bribery and Corruption
  * The Whistler
  * The Convolvulus Clock
  * Loopy
  * Fen Hall
  * Father's Day
  * The Green Road to Quephanda
  