A Dark-Adapted Eye

Name: A Dark-Adapted Eye
Price: 8.99 EUR
Author: Barbara Vine
ISBN: 9780141938264

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Barbara Vine

PENGUIN
Paru le : 07/05/2009

A Dark-Adapted Eye is a modern classic. If you enjoy the crime novels of P. D. James and Ian Rankin you will love this book.'A rich, complex and beautifully... > Lire la suite

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A Dark-Adapted Eye is a modern classic. If you enjoy the crime novels of P. D. James and Ian Rankin you will love this book.'A rich, complex and beautifully crafted novel' P. D. JamesThe prize-winning classic that 'changed the thriller landscape', with a new foreword from Val McDermid. VERA HILLYARD. AUNT. MOTHER. MURDERESS. Faith Severn's life has long been overshadowed by the mystery surrounding her aunt.
A respectable woman who committed a crime so terrible she was hung for it. Now, the time has come to piece her story together. What secret caused two devoted sisters to turn from love to hate? And was Vera born a killer.

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Date de parution : 07/05/2009
Editeur : PENGUIN
ISBN : 978-0-14-193826-4
EAN : 9780141938264
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 304 pages

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- Pages : 304
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Biographie de Barbara Vine

Barbara Vine was the pen-name of Ruth Rendell, and Viking published all of her books under that name. Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, with worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, and regular Sunday Times bestsellers. Rendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986, and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990.
In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. Ruth Rendell died in May 2015.