New Releases by Barbara Vine

An Englishwoman writing a biography of her father, a famous novelist, discovers that as a young man he changed names, taking the name of a boy who died in infancy. She goes looking for the reason and discovers murder.

Een ex-kidnapper is zo geobsedeerd door een vroeger slachtoffer dat hij een nieuwe aanslag beraamt.

The author of Anna''s Book -- who was hailed as "one of the finest practitioners of her craft in the English-speaking world" by the New York Times Book Review -- has written a relentlessly compelling tale of sexual obsession, mistaken identity, and murder. Tim thought he''d gotten away with it. For months after the murder off the Alaskan coast he''d heard not a word. No policeman at his door asking questions. Nothing. And then the letters began. At first they seemed almost innocuous accounts of historical events. But a common theme emerged quickly. It was particularly germane to Tim, and it related directly to murder. In No Night Is Too Long, Barbara Vine has written a tour de force, rich in characters and setting, a remarkable novel by an internationally celebrated master of her craft. To research the book, the author and her husband embarked on a boat trip from Seattle up the Alaskan coast. The stark beauty of that experience provides No Night Is Too Long with an extraordinarily vivid sense of place. The novel''s exploration of sexual identity and guilt represents a departure for Vine. Its resolution -- as always -- is a stunning surprise.

The memoirs of a young Danish woman living in London at the turn of the century are published to huge commercial success. Many years later, the woman''s granddaughter discovers that one entry has been cut out of the original journals--an entry that may shed light on an unsolved multiple murder.

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"A pair of male lovers are enticed to take part in a kidnapping plot"--Best Books for Public Libraries, c1992, p. 407.

''In a masterly and hypnotic synthesis of past, present and terrifying future, Vine casts a stone into her dark pond and lets the ripples spread . . . she has created a work that is both compelling and disturbing''. Sunday Times. ''This is the third psychological thriller by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine and when I say it surpasses the first two that''s really saying something . . . Vine has not only produced a quietly smouldering suspense novel but also presents an accurately atmospheric portrayal of London in the heady 60''s. Literally unputdownable''. Time Out.

The second novel by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine is the story of the discovery of human bones buried in an animal cemetery and its lethal ramifications. With consummate skill, the mystery is unraveled, keeping the reader guessing about the killers'' and the victims'' identities.