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"The best mystery writer in the English-speaking world." - "Time"
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Winner of the Gold Dagger Award in 1976
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ruth Rendell is unquestionably the best novelist in this, or any generation. Her stories of psychological suspense and downright sheer chillingness will, and deserve to, go down in history as some of the most artful novels ever written. And this, is one of her very very best.
The atmosphere is chilly and hostile, the plot and characters are disturbing and strange. She mixes the normal everyday tpicalities of life with the quirks in the mind of the mentally...different, brilliantly, so that the consequences are amazingly cathartic.
Disturbing, compelling, utterly absorbing, with a shock ending that is a masterpiece of irony, this is an amazing novel.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I bought this book I expected something special and I ceratinly got it. Wow this book is in my top three ever reads. The superb style, the intricate weaving of the plot, the leading of the reader down roads and giving the merest glimpse of what is to come and then closing the door but opening it later to link in with the workings of a psychotic mind. The pinpoint accurate portrayal of someone stuck in the 1950's of his upbringing by Auntie Gracie. The very name conjures up the type of parent figure he had. And then the hammer blow of the ending with a further twist right at the end. To merely say I couldn't put it down does not do it justice. It is brilliant, buy it, read it, enjoy it. You will also remember it from time to time with a little unease. That is how good it is.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I found this a gripping story with a surprising and satisfying end. Main character very creepy and with no extraneous detail, plot pushed along in a plausible way. Ruth Rendell deserved the Golden Dagger Award for this story.
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Downbeat, shabby, but compelling
Ruth Rendell's novel has a remarkable atmosphere: downbeat, shabby, and claustrophobic.
The setting is 1970s bedsit-land, and Rendell really captured the time - having... Read more
The setting is 1970s bedsit-land, and Rendell really captured the time - having... Read more
Published 3 months ago by westwoodrich
Arthur Johnson- A true Creepy Rendell Character
This is to me one of the best Rendell books. Arthur Johnson is a superb creation. On a recent re-reading the office procedure seemed almost Victorian- no computers, faxes or... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Troy Beal
hearts of darkness
I've never been a huge Rendell or Barbara Vine fan, but this book packs a very considerable punch. RR shows herself to be much more of a noir writer than the preening young men who... Read more
Published 14 months ago by thrillerman
Curate's egg
I agree with all of the laudatory reviews, except with regard to the ending, which I thought rushed and contrived.
Published 19 months ago by F. Merritt
disappointed
i found it to be pure rubbish i usually am a fan of randall but i had difficulty in finishing it
Published 23 months ago by L. E. Wellington-garrett
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In this thriller, Mrs Rendell portrays a 50 year old psychopath called Arthur Johnson. He fits exactly the definition of a psychopathic person. Read more
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