The Birthday Present [Large Print]: 16 Point
Language: English
Published by Royal National Institute of Blind People, 2009
- Softcover
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- Title
- The Birthday Present [Large Print]: 16 Point
- Author
- Vine, Barbara
- Publisher
- Royal National Institute of Blind People
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1858789664
- ISBN 13
- 9781858789668
The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine - a gripping, psychological thriller packed with menace
Intensely imagined, fearful and satisfying' Sunday Times
Tory MP Ivor Tesham has unconventional tastes. And in bored housewife Hebe Furnal he finds someone to share and enact his sexual fantasies. However, one day it all goes terribly wrong. Ivor plans a special liaison for Hebe's birthday - a daring sexual adventure. But dangerous games have unforeseen costs and consequences. And when there is an accidental death, scandal and ruin cannot be far behind . . .
How long can a secret stay a secret?
How long will friends protect a reputation?
And how long before guilt catches up with you?
'The pre-eminent genius of the psychological thriller' Herald
'Gripping, compelling' Mail on Sunday
'Vintage Vine' Literary Review
If you like P.D. James, Ian Rankin and Scott Turow, you will love The Bithday Present by Barbara Vine.
Barbara Vine is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. She has written fifteen novels using this pseudonym, including A Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet which both won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Her other books include: A Dark Adapted Eye; The House of Stairs; Gallowglass; Asta's Book; No Night Is Too Long; In the Time of His Prosperity; The Brimstone Wedding; The Chimney Sweeper's Boy; Grasshopper; The Blood Doctor; The Minotaur; The Birthday Present and The Child's Child.
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Review
Barbara Vine is Ruth Rendell letting rip (Daily Telegraph)
A superb and original writer (Amanda Craig, Express)
Slick (Financial Times 2008-09-27)
Again a great read from a master of the story-telling process (Irish Times 2008-09-20)
Packed with menace and the threat of exposure. One of Rendell's most complex plots. (The Independent 2008-09-12)
Her Barbara Vine novels allow [Ruth Rendell] to retain her title as Britain's pre-eminent psychological thriller. A suspenseful and chilling tale (The Observer 2008-08-31)
Characters are intensely imagined and far from the usual uncomplicated stereotypes of victims and perpetrators. An experience that is both fearful and satisfying (The Sunday Times 2008-08-24)
A strong creation (Telegraph.co.uk 2008-08-31)
Riveting and only too plausible account of the downfall of a politician. Brilliant narrative voice. An unsurpassed portrait of a character suffering from low self-esteem, mild paranoia and gradual mental deterioration. (The Daily Mail 2008-08-22)
Oddly exhilarating and liberating. Truly, Baroness Rendell of Babergh is an original talent. (The Evening Standard 2008-07-18)
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