The House of Stairs

Rating:
Summary: Masterful psychological mystery; vastly underrated
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite murder mysteries. I've read it twice, and I'd read it again -- and I never read mysteries twice. Rendell/Vine is a master of her craft, and it's a crime that this spell-binding book is out-of-print. I would rate this book higher than "A Dark-Adapted Eye" or "Gallowglass". The characters are so beautifully drawn, one feels they must be real people. Rendell/Vine's writing takes us through an intricate labyrinth human movitations and frailties. This book is a gem.

Rating:
Summary: Masterful psychological mystery; vastly underrated
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite murder mysteries. I've read it twice, and I'd read it again -- and I never read mysteries twice. Rendell/Vine is a master of her craft, and it's a crime that this spell-binding book is out-of-print. I would rate this book higher than "A Dark-Adapted Eye" or "Gallowglass". The characters are so beautifully drawn, one feels they must be real people. Rendell/Vine's writing takes us through an intricate labyrinth human movitations and frailties. This book is a gem.

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Summary: Very absorbing story-typical Vine novel-one of her best!
Review: Vine again gets inside the mind of the characters-very good novel of how an obsessive relationship can take over someone's life-and soul! Interesting, absorbing story - excellant female characters.