The Minotaur (novel)
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First edition (UK)
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| Author | Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime / Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Viking (UK) Shaye Areheart Books (US) |
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Publication date
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April 7, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) & Audio CD |
| Pages | 320 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-670-91573-4 |
| OCLC | 57382246 |
| Preceded by | The Blood Doctor |
The Minotaur is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. It was first published in 2005.
Plot summary
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Kerstin Kvist didn't quite know what to expect when she took up a job with the Cosway family at their odd, almost grand home, Lydstep Old Hall, deep in the Essex countryside. The family turned out to be even odder than the house: the widowed Mrs Cosway lived with her three unmarried daughters, in thrall to the old lady. A mysterious fourth daughter - a widow herself and apparently quite rich - came and went, with ill-disguised contempt for the others. More puzzling still was Mrs Cosway's son, John, a sad, self-absorbed figure in his thirties who haunted the house. "There's madness in the family", offered one of the daughters by way of explanation, but Kerstin had trained as a nurse and knew it wasn't right to be administering such powerful drugs to a vulnerable figure like John.
External links
- Review from The Sunday Times
- Review from MysteryInk
- Review from The Observer
- Review from The Washington Post
- Review from Boston.Com
- Author interview from The Telegraph from time of publication
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