{"product_id":"a-fatal-inversion-94240492","title":"A Fatal Inversion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fatal Inversion - \u003c\/i\u003ea classic thriller from the queen of crime\u003ci\u003e Barbara Vine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An absolute winner ... a gripping read from start to end'  \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant. Vine has the kind of near-Victorian narrative drive ... that compels a reader to go on turning the pages'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the long hot summer of 1976, a group of young people are camping in Wyvis Hall. Adam, Rufus, Shiva, Vivien and Zosie hardly ask why they are there or how they are to live; they scavenge, steal and sell the family heirlooms. In short, they exist. Ten years later, the bodies of a woman and child are discovered in the Hall's animal cemetery. Which woman? Whose child?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I defy anyone to guess the conclusion ... the clues are cunningly planted, so that it seems one should have known all along. A most satisfying end'  \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Nimbly written with all the Dickensian values of vivid characterization, fine prose style and a cunningly devised plot that shifts and twists and keeps you on the edge of your chair'  Val Hennessy, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fatal Inversion\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern classic of the crime genre. If you enjoy the novels of P.D. James, Ian Rankin and Scott Turow, you will love this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Vine is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. She has written fifteen novels using this pseudonym, including \u003ci\u003eA Fatal Inversion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKing Solomon's Carpet\u003c\/i\u003e which both won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Her other books include: \u003ci\u003eA Dark Adapted Eye\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe House of Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGallowglass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsta's Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Night Is Too Long\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Time of His Prosperity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brimstone Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chimney Sweeper's Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrasshopper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blood Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Minotaur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Birthday Present\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Child's Child\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Standard Order","offer_id":46294432678124,"sku":"8838694240492-P","price":49.47,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"OS","offer_id":46373889081580,"sku":"8838694240492-OS","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/2797\/2076\/files\/9780141040479.jpg?v=1743055594","url":"https:\/\/astoura.com\/products\/a-fatal-inversion-94240492","provider":"Astoura","version":"1.0","type":"link"}