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 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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