A review by caroparr
The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell

3.0

Like Scheherezade, Liza tells the bizarre story of her life night after night to her appalled boyfriend, whom she has known for just a few weeks. Liza's mother Eve is a great Rendell character - obsessed, unafraid, and willing to commit murder to get what she can't live without. It's a pageturner, but I wish Eve's story made more sense, especially her reasons for sheltering Liza from the outside world. The story concludes with a twist that I'll give her even though it's not entirely believable.