Barbara Vine is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. Viking have published all her previous novels, including A Dark Adapted Eye, which won the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award. Ruth Rendell sits in the House of Lords as a Labour peer. She lives in Maida Vale, London.
Stella is dying of cancer in a nursing home; Jenny is caring for her. Gradually, Jenny discovers elements of Stella's dark and mysterious past. Ruth Rendell's alter ego, the master of psychological horror, weaves past and present into a compelling and chilling tale. (Kirkus UK)