A Dark-Adapted Eye

Vine, Barbara (Ruth Rendell)

ISBN 10: 0670809764 / ISBN 13: 9780670809769

Published by Viking, Harmondsworth, 1986

About this Item

Viking, Harmondsworth, 1986, Hardcover First UK Edition. First of Ruth Rendell's books under the pseudonym, Barbara Vine Book Condition: Near Fine minus and appears unread; a tight clean copy. Dustjacket: Very Good, but with some edgewear/light scuffing, and wear at the top of spine, just to the left top, and to three of the four forward corners where the flap creases are; top rear has a 1/8 inch closed tear and the bottom has about 1/8 inch worn off - not price clipped, and will clean up in a removable archival, mylar sleeve - better than it sounds.

Seller Inventory # 001547

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dark-Adapted Eye
• Publisher: Viking, Harmondsworth
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670809764
• ISBN 13: 9780670809769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A Dark-Adapted Eye

Review

Writing under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell departs from her famous detective team of Wexford and Burden to tell a gripping tale of family madness. Vera Hillyard is a domineering and possessive woman who strives for obsessive control over a malicious older son, a youngest son who is--or isn't--illegitimate, and her younger sister, Eden, who secretly seeks to escape Vera's grasp and instead provokes a murder. This winner of the 1986 Edgar Award for best mystery novel belongs to the genre of old murders reconsidered and the question of who did what to whom and why is teasingly left unresolved.