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Language English Media type Print/Audiobook ISBN 0-670-91274-3 Originally published 6 June 2002 Preceded by Portobello Genres Mystery, Crime Fiction | 3.3/5 Goodreads Publication date 6 June 2002 Pages 400 pp (Hardback) OCLC 59395413 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publishers Viking Press (UK), Crown Publishing Group (US) Similar Ruth Rendell books, Crime Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Birthday Present (2008) is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, written under her pseudonym Barbara Vine. It was her first novel under this name in three years.
Plot summary
Robert, a city accountant narrates the story, with excerpts from one Jane Atherton's diary. He is married to Iris Tesham. Iris' brother Ivor is an up-and-coming Tory MP, who is having an affair with Hebe Furnal. Hebe uses Jane Atherton as her alibi for her trysts. Ivor Tesham arranges a mock abduction of Hebe as a birthday present for her, but it goes horribly wrong.
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