A Dark-Adapted Eye

Barbara Vine

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Like most families, they had their secrets ...And they hid them under a genteelly respectable veneer. No onlooker would guess that prim Vera Hillyard and her beautiful, adored younger sister, Eden, were locked in a dark and bitter combat over one of those secrets. England in the fifties was not kind to women who erred, so they had to use every means necessary to keep the truth hidden behind closed doors - even murder.

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If anyone can seamlessly blend past and present into a gripping and believable narrative, it's Barbara Vine. Like all the best Vine work, here she's like a mesmeratist - the slow burn of the story grips like a vice from the first chapter. The depth of characterisation, the skilful plotting, and the believable setting all make this a masterful story. If you've never read a Vine/Rendell book before, then here's the place to start.

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