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Vanity Dies Hard

By: Ruth Rendell
Narrated by: Eva Haddon
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Wealthy Alice Whittaker is known for her generosity, and when her friend Nesta vanishes Alice is determined to find her and help her. If that means money, well, Alice has plenty of it. Then the handsome Mr Fielding enters her life, ten years younger than Alice and they marry. But when Alice starts to feel sick -- a virus perhaps, something she just can't shake, her husband seems determined to keep her at home. Is he just being a doting husband who wants his wife to get better? Or is he trying to keep her from finding Nesta? Unwell though she is, Alice can't help asking questions. And the more she learns about Nesta's disappearance, the more certain she becomes that her own life is in peril

©2010 Kingsmarkham Enterprises Ltd (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Crime Thrillers Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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I like Ruth Rendell’s books but this one just didn’t measure up - I was disappointed - found it frivolous and difficult to focus on the story …

Disappointed

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wonderful story, I really enjoyed the characters and plot, classic Ruth Rendell. lovely narration and character voices.

love a twist

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I'm a big Rendell fan but this one was laborious. I don't think the narrator helped; some voices were irritatingly overacted. And a small thing; if the character has taken a mouthful the narrator does not need to make slurpy noises. Many people find it disturbing.

The story itself was painfully long-winded and the attempts to create tension were just a long exercise in irritation. I have never before in a Rendell book thought 'for heaven's sake, get on with it.' Other aspects of the story were tenuous and unbelievable.

I don't feel at all that I've listened to a Ruth Rendell.

definitely not one of her best

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Great twists and turns in this book, love the descriptors and the end which was not expected

Not what I expected

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I love Ruth Rendell and had high hopes for this book but the best word to describe it was turgid. Dreadful characters and meandering pointless narrative. i was hoping the "heroine" WOULD get knocked off, she was such an irritating wimp.

Disappointing and longwinded

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