Barbara Vine is a pseudonym for Ruth Rendell, who has won numerous awards, including three Edgars, the highest accolade from Mystery Writers of America, as well as three Gold Daggers, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre from England’s prestigious Crime Writer’s Association. A member of the House of Lords, she lives in London.
Writing as Barbara Vine, Britain's preeminent mystery novelist Ruth Rendell crafts literary suspense of the highest order. With this richly textured...
...of driving plot and credible character. Hers, however, do – just like Ruth Rendell’s darker, more challenging Barbara Vine novels. These days, she says, she is finding even harder novels easier to write: she no longer feels the need to ask her...
...the social condition; Patricia Highsmith used violence to show the humanity of her characters. Modern writers such as Barbara Vine, Lee Child and Mark Billingham are doing the same thing. Violence in context says something new about the world; violence...
...This sets off a page-turning cat and mouse game between the suspects and the police. Perfect for fans Barbara Vine or Dennis Lehane. Thriller . Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl Victoria Dahl has taken the contemporary romance world by storm with her...
...From noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, a librarian-led book discussion on A Dark Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine will be held at the New Rochelle Public Library as part of the Brown Bag Book Discussion series. Copies of the book are available at the registration...
...passion as when her first novel was published in 1963. Over 70 books later (including under the pseudonym Barbara Vine), her latest, The Vault, was published earlier this month and she is working on another. "I still like writing better than anything...
...passion as when her first novel was published in 1963. Over 70 books later (including under the pseudonym Barbara Vine), her latest, The Vault, was published earlier this month and she is working on another. "I still like writing better than anything...
...for leading sight loss charity RNIB. From her award-winning Inspector Wexford series to novels written under her pseudonym Barbara Vine, Baroness Rendell will be sharing some of the highlights from her brilliant career and discussing her next...
...of driving plot and credible character. Hers, however, do – just like Ruth Rendell’s darker, more challenging Barbara Vine novels. These days, she says, she is finding even harder novels easier to write: she no longer feels the need to ask her...
...If you like psychological thrillers and writers such as Barbara Vine and Sophie Hannah with elements of both Evelyn Waugh and Daphne du Maurier, this is the book for you. The novel is gripping from the very first page and...
...the social condition; Patricia Highsmith used violence to show the humanity of her characters. Modern writers such as Barbara Vine, Lee Child and Mark Billingham are doing the same thing. Violence in context says something new about the world; violence...
...His Other Wife by Deborah Bedford. Semicolon review here. Unlikely Suitor by Nancy Moser. Anna’s Book by Barbara Vine. Semicolon review here. While We’re Far Apart by Lynn Austin. Semicolon review here. Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee....
...Once more, on a Sunday I’ve come to the end of one of the books I’m reading and thinking about what to read next. The book I’ve just finished is Bram Stoker’s Dracula , which I’ll write about in the next few days. What to read next? Checking...
...is an unreliable narrator or just a forgetful and somewhat incendiary old lady who enjoys conjuring up drama. Barbara Vine is the pseudonymous “alter-ego” of mystery writer Ruth Rendell, and under the two names Ms. Rendell has written more than...
...Thus far, I have read two Barbara Vine books, the other being Anna's Book, and I have liked them both very much. But then I read three books she wrote as Ruth Rendell, and they were...