The Child's Child

The Child's Child is the 14th novel written by Ruth Rendell under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, and the first such novel in 4 years, since 2008's The Birthday Present. The novel was published in the USA in December 2012 and in the UK by Penguin Viking in March 2013. The plot of the novel centres on a brother and sister who come to live in a relative's inherited house, and a forgotten historical novel entitled The Child's Child set in Devon. In a number of interviews Rendell has intimated that this will be the last novel she writes under the Vine pseudonym.