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Faith Severn has grown up with the dark cloud of murder looming over her family. Her aunt Vera Hillyard, a rigidly respectable woman, was convicted and hanged for the crime, but the reason for her desperate deed died with her. Thirty years later, a probing journalist pushes Faith to look back to the day when her aunt took knife in hand and walked into a child's nursery. Through the eyes of a woman trying to understand an unspeakable, inexplicable family tragedy, Barbara Vine leads us through a shadow land of illicit lust, intimate sins, and unspoken passions—to a shattering and illuminating climax, as inevitable as it is unexpected. In this enthralling masterpiece, a great crime writer has achieved both a flawlessly crafted novel of psychological suspense and a deeply probing work of literary art.
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A dark-adapted eye, Ruth Rendell
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1994
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- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- A dark-adapted eye
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Ruth Rendell
- Pubblicato
- 1994
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 014025482x
- ISBN13
- 9780140254822
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Temi psicologici, Prosa storica, Thriller, Famiglia, Tensione, Omicidi, Morte, Giallo classico, Inghilterra, Thriller psicologici, Segreti di famiglia, Boia, Esecutori
- Titolo originale
- A dark adapted eye
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- Faith Severn has grown up with the dark cloud of murder looming over her family. Her aunt Vera Hillyard, a rigidly respectable woman, was convicted and hanged for the crime, but the reason for her desperate deed died with her. Thirty years later, a probing journalist pushes Faith to look back to the day when her aunt took knife in hand and walked into a child's nursery. Through the eyes of a woman trying to understand an unspeakable, inexplicable family tragedy, Barbara Vine leads us through a shadow land of illicit lust, intimate sins, and unspoken passions—to a shattering and illuminating climax, as inevitable as it is unexpected. In this enthralling masterpiece, a great crime writer has achieved both a flawlessly crafted novel of psychological suspense and a deeply probing work of literary art.