Naughty Games

On the death of Gerald Candless, his daughter decided to start writing his biography. Hardly has she looked at the past of this successful novelist she made a discovery size: the real Gerald Candless died of meningitis in infancy. Who is this man that Sarah and her sister idolized since birth? The reader will gradually discover the following two parallel stories. While describing Sarah's research, Ruth Rendell also effect back memories of the wife of the novelist. Woman he soon abandoned and is the only person not to put it on a pedestal ...

Although it away a little of the detective genre, Ruth Rendell brings us a gem. The suspense is skillfully distilled along the pages and mysterious atmosphere is accented by the misty English décor and extracts from fictional novels. A must read!