The Birthday Present (novel)

The Birthday Present

First edition (UK)
Author Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Crime/Mystery novel
Publisher Viking (UK)
Crown (US)
Publication date
6 June 2002
Media type Print/Audiobook
Pages 400 pp (Hardback)
ISBN 0-670-91274-3
OCLC 59395413
Preceded by Portobello
Followed by The Monster in the Box

The Birthday Present (2008) is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under her pseudonym Barbara Vine. It was her first novel under this name in three years.

Plot summary

Robert, a city accountant narrates the story, with excerpts from one Jane Atherton's diary. He is married to Iris Tesham. Iris' brother Ivor is an up-and-coming Tory MP, who is having an affair with Hebe Furnal. Hebe uses Jane Atherton as her alibi for her trysts. Ivor Tesham arranges a mock abduction of Hebe as a birthday present for her, but it goes horribly wrong.[1]

References

  1. "This dark literary thriller". Salon.com www.salon.com. 09-03-2009. Retrieved 2009-09-26. Check date values in: |date= (help)


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