A review by wendydt
A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell

5.0

Over the last few years I have been reading my Ruth Rendell books in chronological order. All complete this is my first Barbara Vine. What a treat. I could see the style coming through in the Rendell books which explains why her switch to Vine was so well executed. The story plods along with little time bombs of information. Each character beautifully formed from a jigsaw of the comments and reactions. I first read this book in 1991 but didn't remember anything about it and it was a pleasure to read it as if it were new.