- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Viking; First Canadian edition edition (29 Mar 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0670832413
- ISBN-13: 978-0670832415
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,370,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written by the same author as "A Dark-Adapted Eye", "A Fatal Inversion" which won the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger Award and "The House of Stairs", this novel set in Suffolk portrays the intense interrelationships of four people in a net of love, fear, greed and desire.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I would argue that this is one of the best of the Barbara Vine thrillers, simply because it is fast-moving and the characters are so immensely intriguing. Young Joe is an impressionable lad, and when the shifty Sandor tells him, after saving his life, that his life now belongs to him he believes him. Largely this is Joe longing to escape from his bleak home life. Sandor has a ulterior motive in all this though, he is obsessed with a rich married woman, and has played a dark part in her life a few years before. What makes this book good is Joe's version of things, and his pathetic wish to win Sandor's approval, even though Sandor, at best, treats him like a dog. Vine/Rendell is often at her best when writing about disturbed young men, society's misfits, and this is done to great effect here.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the best Barbara Vine novel I have read so far. All the characters work well and the story is as gripping as you would expect from the author. Fans of Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine should not be disppointed.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a big fan of all of the Barbara Vine books and this is no exception. From the first page it is impossible to put it down. Sandor is obsessive and dark, and yet at the same time the reader can understand why Joe is so drawn to his magnetic charisma. His obsession unfolds in flashback and present day until what you think is going to be the end of the tale. The terror of the "Princess" is palpable throughout, and with the depth and intensity of Sandor's obsession with her, this is understandable. A cracking read, but be warned, you won't want to be distracted from it.
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