<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After bestselling author Gerald Candless dies suddenly, his grief-stricken daughter, Sarah, begins research for a biography of her famous father. But shocking revelations come to light and she must reconcile a life of lies and the secrets behind a long-forgotten murder.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Writing as Barbara Vine, Britain's preeminent mystery novelist Ruth Rendell crafts literary suspense of the highest order. With this richly textured and utterly absorbing page-tumer, Vine adds to her growing reputation as one of the great writers of our time.<br>Bestselling and critically acclaimed novelist Gerald Candless dies suddenly, and leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, his daughter Sarah puts aside her university studies and agrees to write a biography of her famous father. But as she begins her research and pulls back the veil of his past, her life is slowly torn apart: a terrible logic begins to unfold that explains her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself -- and sheds shocking light on a long-forgotten London murder.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Entertainment Weekly" As [a] tantalizing puzzle unravels...the book delivers the oft-discounted pleasures of the page-turner.<br><br>"Kirkus Reviews" [A] richly textured suspenser...Vine at her most weblike.<br><br>"Time" When Ruth Rendell, already the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world, launched a second byline, Barbara Vine, she actually stepped up her writing level.<br><br>Amazon.com Riveting...Vine proves herself the equal of her alter ego and a master of the psychological thriller....[A] distinguished literary mystery.<br><br>P.D. James Barbara Vine has transcended her genre by her remarkable imaginative power to explore and illuminate the dark corners of the human psyche.<br><br>Patricia Cornwell Her stories are a lesson in a human nature as capable of the most exotic love as it is of the cruelest murder. She does not avert her gaze...she magnificently triumphs in a style that is uniquely hers and mesmerizing.<br><br>Patricia Cornwell Unequivocally the most brilliant mystery novelist of our times.<br><br>Scott Turow She is a writer whose work should be read by anyone who enjoys a brilliant mystery -- or distinguished literature.<br><br>"Entertainment Weekly"As [a] tantalizing puzzle unravels...the book delivers the oft-discounted pleasures of the page-turner.<br><br>Joyce Carol Oates"The New York Times Book Review"One of the finest practitioners of her craft in the English-speaking world.<br><br>P.D. JamesBarbara Vine has transcended her genre by her remarkable imaginative power to explore and illuminate the dark corners of the human psyche.<br><br>Patricia CornwellHer stories are a lesson in a human nature as capable of the most exotic love as it is of the cruelest murder. She does not avert her gaze...she magnificently triumphs in a style that is uniquely hers and mesmerizing.<br><br>Patricia CornwellUnequivocally the most brilliant mystery novelist of our times.<br><br>Joyce Carol Oates "The New York Times Book Review" One of the finest practitioners of her craft in the English-speaking world.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Barbara Vine is a pseudonym for Ruth Rendell (1930-2015), who won numerous awards, including three Edgars, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as three Gold Daggers, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England's prestigious Crime Writer's Association. She was the author of numerous mystery thriller novels, including the Inspector Wexford series, <i>Dark Corners</i>, and <i>The Child's Child. </i>
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