Summary
Fortunately there is already a good deal of excellent crime fiction available from the twin pens of Barbara Vine and Ruth Rendell. The latest Vine novel, The Birthday Present (Viking, £18.99), deals with the rise and fall of a Conservative politician against a sharply drawn backdrop of the early 1990s. Ivor Tesham has everything, including a glamorous mistress, Hebe, who shares his enjoyment of what is politely called 'adventure sex'.
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Deadlier Than the Male
When does a novel stop being a novel and become a crime story?
It's often assumed that there is an unbridgeable gap between them, but that's not necessarily so. When Will There Be Good News? (Doubleday, £17.99) is a case in point. It is the...See the full content of this document
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