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No Night Is Too Long

By: Barbara Vine
Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Shelley Thomson, Samuel West
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Tim Cornish thought he'd gotten away with murder. For months after he'd killed his lover off the Alaskan coast, there hadn't been a word. But then the letters started to arrive. It seems that someone knows what Tim has done....

This compelling thriller delivers such a dark picture of romantic love that murder seems its natural mate. Frightening, suspenseful, and deeply unsettling, No Night Is Too Long is a modern crime masterpiece and will be enjoyed by readers of P. D. James and Ian Rankin.

Barbara Vine is the pen name of Ruth Rendell. Ruth has published 14 novels under the Vine name, two of which, Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet, won the prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award.

©1994 Barbara Vine (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Crime Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Fiction Murder

Critic Reviews

"The Rendell/Vine partnership has for years been producing consistently better work than most Booker winners put together." (Ian Rankin)
"She deploys her peerless skills in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the murky impulses of desire and greed." (Sunday Times)
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This book just went on way too long for most of it. It was, I know, was setting up the relationship but I kept feeling like saying 'get on with it', and even did something I rarely do.. skipped bits. It didn't upset the plot at all. However it is Vine/Rendell and so there are many redeeming features.. the descriptions of the environment, the absurd passions of people so well painted.
The narrators were good; even excellent. I couldn't work out why people were saying narrators, in the plural, as it's only right at the end that they appear. And thank heavens they did.. they brought it all together and so I forgave the author her indulgences.
I would have given the story three and a half stars if that was an option, but couldn't run to four.

Interesting but long-winded

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I struggled to start this, had to have a few attempts, so glad I did as it was an excellent story.
Highly recommend.

Great Read

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well written and read Enjoyable and easy to listen to.
Nice gentle twist at the end

descriptive novel needs in 1990's

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Found I was getting distracted with this story. If not for the narration I may have given up. The name character found to be annoying.

Narration excellent.

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So well written, so beautiful spoken.
A magical, fascinating journey.
I couldn’t wait to go to bed to listen!

Absolutely riveting

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