Books
by Barbara Vine
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A Dark-Adapted Eye |
This is probably the best-plotted book I have ever read. When Vine is at her best, as she is here, both the writing and the story are compelling. With this one, the reader knows from the first page who done it, but not why or how. Very slowly it unravels until, finally, you discover just what happened. The reader is constantly surprised and fascinated at the twists and turns, and the writing is sharp and clever.
(Julie Higgins - bwl 7 February 2001) |
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The Brimstone Wedding |
Do read this story of Jenny, the superstitious young care assistant, and frail elegant Stella, awaiting the ending of her days in the home. Their love affairs, thirty years apart, touch in a curious way. Stella has a very tragic mysterious past, the full story of which can only be told after her death. When you close the covers, this book will linger on in your memory. Such is the spell of a master story teller.
(Sandra Lee - bwl 8 April 2001) |
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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy |
I thought this was excellent. It takes the form of a novel as well as being a 'thriller', and I like the way she interweaves the 'human' side of the story with keeping us on the book as to what 'really happened'.
(Polly Sams Plant - bwl 3 May 2000) |
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The House of Stairs |
Lizzie narrates this tightly woven, beautifully written tale of intricate relationships, friendships and murder. She is under threat of a fatal hereditary disease which she will escape - if it does not strike her down by the age of forty. How would one live one's life? A dark, complex, and totally enthralling book.
(Sandra Lee - bwl 4 July 2000) |
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