A Fatal Inversion
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime / Mystery novel |
| Publisher |
Viking (UK) Bantam (US) |
Publication date | March 1987 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 336 pp |
| ISBN | 0-670-80977-2 |
| OCLC | 23838424 |
| Preceded by | A Dark-adapted Eye |
| Followed by | The House of Stairs |
A Fatal Inversion is a 1987 novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.[1] The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in that year and, in 1987, was also shortlisted for the Dagger of Daggers, a special award to select the best Gold Dagger winner of the award's 50-year history.
Plot summary
In the hot summer of 1976, a group of young people are camping in Wyvis Hall. Ten years later, the bodies of a woman and child are discovered in the Hall's animal cemetery. Which woman? Whose child?
Adaptation
The BBC adapted the novel for television in 1992. The series starred Jeremy Northam and Douglas Hodge.[2]
References
- ↑ "Ruth Rendell: In quotes". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). 2 May 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0102126/
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