The House of Stairs

The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140114461.

The House of Stairs - an unputdownable crime classic from bestselling author Barbara VineLizzie hasnt 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 thats really saying something ... Vine has not only produced a quietly smouldering suspense novel but also presents an accurately atmospheric portrayal of London in the heady 60s. Literally unputdownable Time OutThe House of Stairs is a modern masterpiece of the crime genre and will leave you gripped from the first page to the last. If you enjoy the novels of P.D. James, Ian Rankin and Scott Turow, you will love this book.The Rendell/ Vine partnership has for years been producing consistently better work than most Booker winners put together Ian RankinA superb and original writer Amanda Craig, ExpressBarbara Vine is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. She has written fifteen novels using this pseudonym, including A Fatal Inversion and King Solomons Carpet which both won the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award. Her other books A Dark Adapted Eye ; The House of Stairs ; Gallowglass ; Astas Book ; No Night Is Too Long ; In the Time of His Prosperity ; The Brimstone Wedding ; The Chimney Sweepers Boy ; Grasshopper ; The Blood Doctor ; The Minotaur ; The Birthday Present and The Childs Child .