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Published in 1986 under Ruth Rendell's Barbara Vine pseudonym, A Dark-Adapted Eye examines a family's past through the retrospective narration of Faith Severn. A journalist's investigation into a murder and execution from decades earlier prompts a return to the history of the troubled Coverdale fami...
Why this score
CWA Gold Dagger winner and Barbara Vine landmark, acclaimed for family psychology, structure, and literary crime reputation.
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Ruth Rendell's A Fatal Inversion, published in 1987 under her Barbara Vine name, begins with the discovery of human remains on an English country property. The narrative moves between the present and the experiences of young people who shared an inherited house there during the 1970s. It received th...
Why this score
Gold Dagger winner with strong psychological suspense and retrospective tragedy; widely considered major Barbara Vine.
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