The Birthday Present
By Barbara Vine
By Barbara Vine
Category: Suspense & Thriller | Literary Fiction
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Praise
Praise for Barbara Vine
“One of the most remarkable novelists of her generation.”
—People
“The best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.”
—Time
“One of the finest practitioners of her craft in the English-speaking world.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Her clear, shapely prose casts the mesmerizing spell of the confessional.”
—The New Yorker
“A brilliant writer.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Queen of suspense. . . . She’s a master of technique.”
—Detroit Free Press
“Surely one of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language.”
—Scott Turow
“Those who haven’t read her books have missed something unique and wonderful.”
—Tony Hillerman
“Barbara Vine has transcended her genre by her remarkable imaginative power to explore and illuminate the dark corners of the human psyche.”
—P. D. James
“Unequivocally the most brilliant mystery writer of our time. She magnificently triumphs in a style that is uniquely hers and mesmerizing.”
—Patricia Cornwell
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