A Fatal Inversion Paperback / softback
by Barbara Vine
Paperback / softback
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A classic of the crime genre, A Fatal Inversion plunges you into the darker side of humanity with a plot that will keep you guessing throughout!'An absolute winner . . . a gripping read from start to end' Daily Mail'Brilliant.
Vine has the kind of near-Victorian narrative drive' Sunday Times'I defy anyone to guess the conclusion' Daily Telegraph*****In the long hot summer of 1976, a group of young adults camp in Wyvis Hall, a beautiful Suffolk country house, after one of them unexpectedly inherits it.
Revelling in their self-indulgent, irresponsible paradise, they scavenge, steal and sell heirlooms - to entertain and simply exist. Ten years later, when the current owner buries their beloved dog in the Hall's animal cemetery, the bodies of a woman and child are discovered.
But which woman? And whose child? As the facts slowly emerge, their past begins to catch up with them . . . Written under Ruth Rendell's pen name, Barbara Vine, if you enjoy the novels of P.D.
James, Ian Rankin and Ann Cleeves, you will love this book. *****'One of the best Barbara Vine novels' Goodreads Review'Not an ordinary mystery . . . it is compelling and certainly thought-provoking' Goodreads Review'Vine is expert at the slow disclosure of facts and feelings' Goodreads Review
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:07/05/2009
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- ISBN:9780141040479
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:07/05/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141040479