by Ruth Rendell
I would have sworn (or at least, strongly suggested) that this book was written before the magisterial A Judgement in Stone, but it turns out that it was actually published immediately afterwards. Oops.Still, on the whole I thought it was a decidedly lesser book. Its plot arises out out of a rathe...
the narrative details a sad and sympathetic downward spiral for the handful of characters involved in a bank robbery gone awry. Rendell, per usual, invokes each character with precise psychological acuity and, at times, an almost romantic sense of dignity. the central character, although thoroughly ...
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