A Fatal Inversion

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 Scott Turow, 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 A Fatal Inversion - A Classic Thriller From The Queen Of Crime Barbara Vine 'an Absolute Winner ... A Gripping Read From Start To End' Daily Mail 'brilliant. Vine Has The Kind Of Near-victorian Narrative Drive ... That Compels A Reader To Go On Turning The Pages' Sunday Times In The Long Hot Summer Of 1976, A Group Of Young People Are Camping In Wyvis Hall. Adam, Rufus, Shiva, Vivien And Zosie Hardly Ask Why They Are There Or How They Are To Live; They Scavenge, Steal And Sell The Family Heirlooms. In Short, They Exist. Ten Years Later, The Bodies Of A Woman And Child Are Discovered In The Hall's Animal Cemetery. Which Woman? Whose Child? 'i Defy Anyone To Guess The Conclusion ... The Clues Are Cunningly Planted, So That It Seems One Should Have Known All Along. A Most Satisfying End' Daily Telegraph 'nimbly Written With All The Dickensian Values Of Vivid Characterization, Fine Prose Style And A Cunningly Devised Plot That Shifts And Twists And Keeps You On The Edge Of Your Chair' Val Hennessy, Daily Mail A Fatal Inversion Is A Modern Classic Of The Crime Genre. If You Enjoy The Novels Of P.d. James, Ian Rankin And Scott Turow, You Will Love This Book. Barbara Vine Is The Pen-name Of Ruth Rendell. She Has Written Fifteen Novels Using This Pseudonym, Including A Fatal Inversion And King Solomon's Carpet Which Both Won The Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Her Other Books Include: A Dark Adapted Eye; The House Of Stairs; Gallowglass; Asta's Book; No Night Is Too Long; In The Time Of His Prosperity; The Brimstone Wedding; The Chimney Sweeper's Boy; Grasshopper; The Blood Doctor; The Minotaur; The Birthday Present And The Child's Child. Les rebondissements d'un crime commis dix ans auparavant. Un roman criminel exemplaire admirablement construit et maîtrisé. SDM