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From the book back:
Anna is a young woman living in turn-of-the-century Londan, confiding her rebellious thoughts and well-guarded secrets only to her diary. Years later, her granddaughter discovers that a single enry has been cut out - an entry that may forge a link between her own mother's birth and a gory, unsolved murder in the long hot summer of 1905. But by whom? And why? Ann Easterbrook, embarks on a dark journey into a forbidden history, to a place where truth, passion, and deceit are explosively intertwined. An eerie tour de force from Barbara Vine.
"Barbara Vine has already won the Edgar and the Golden Dagger, but her latest novel deserves both those awards and more. Brilliantly plotted...engrossingly told...utterly riveting..wonderfully real...fascinatingly unconventional...with clues that will keep even the most adept mystery bluffs guessing...proves what most readers have known for years...BARBARA VINE'S PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE NOVELS ARE AS GOOD AS CRIME FICTION GETS"
--Booklist
"The year's best mystery." - - People
"The Year's best mystery."
- - People
Anna is a young woman living in turn-of-the-century Londan, confiding her rebellious thoughts and well-guarded secrets only to her diary. Years later, her granddaughter discovers that a single enry has been cut out - an entry that may forge a link between her own mother's birth and a gory, unsolved murder in the long hot summer of 1905. But by whom? And why? Ann Easterbrook, embarks on a dark journey into a forbidden history, to a place where truth, passion, and deceit are explosively intertwined. An eerie tour de force from Barbara Vine.
"Barbara Vine has already won the Edgar and the Golden Dagger, but her latest novel deserves both those awards and more. Brilliantly plotted...engrossingly told...utterly riveting..wonderfully real...fascinatingly unconventional...with clues that will keep even the most adept mystery bluffs guessing...proves what most readers have known for years...BARBARA VINE'S PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE NOVELS ARE AS GOOD AS CRIME FICTION GETS"
--Booklist
"The year's best mystery." - - People
"The Year's best mystery."
- - People
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Fine writing and skillful buildup of suspense, as usual for Rendell/Vine.
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I'm a huge Ruth Rendell fan, and I think this is one of her best.
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The story goes back and forth between relatively modern times and the turn of the century when Anna was a young woman bearing children. Parts of it consist of Anna's diary entries. Intriguing and pleasant to read.
I recently discovered Ruth Rendell's books. I am enjoying reading them.