A review by peter_fischer
A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine

4.0

For me this is an absolute modern classic in the crime thriller genre. A group of young people spend a summer in the 70s squatting and revelling in a beautiful dilapidated country house in England. A decade later, the new owner of the house discovers the remains of a woman and a baby from that time. As the story is told, the identity of the woman from among the group of revellers, and the circumstances of her and her baby’s death, emerge slowly. Extremely well constructed whodunnit plot and written in a wonderfully atmospheric style. Rendell’s work, especially under the Vine pseudonym, is just brilliant.