The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine - ISBN: 9780140114461
Paperback
A reunion rekindles dark secrets, leading to terrifying consequences.

The House of Stairs

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 1989

Summary

Lizzie hasn’t seen her old friend, Bell, for some fourteen years, but when she spots her from a taxi in a London street she jumps out and pursues her despite ‘all the terrible things’ that passed between them. As Lizzie reveals those events, little by little, the women rekindle their friendship, with terrifying results.

‘This is the third psychological thriller by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine and when I say it surpasses the first two that’s really saying something … Vine has n…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140114461
ISBN-10:0140114467
Author:Barbara Vine
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:1st
Release Date:11 May 1989
Weight:150g
Dimensions:181mm x 111mm x 15mm
About The Author

Barbara Vine

Barbara Vine was the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, with worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, and regular Sunday Times bestsellers. Rendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for 1976’s best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986, and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. Ruth Rendell died in May 2015.

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