Anyone else read “Going Wrong” by Ruth Rendell?

[raccoon]

“When they were teenagers, Guy Curran led a street gang around Notting Hill, and went out with Leonora Chisholm. It was to him that she lost her virginity, and with him that she first experienced drugs. They come from completely different backgrounds, and Leonora's parents aren't happy with the romantic pairing, hoping it will end. Leonora grows up and away from Guy, but he still believes, despite everything, that she will come back to him. When it becomes clearer and clearer than this won't happen, Guy is driven to desperate measures.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Wrong

This is one of my favorite books. Guy is obsessed with Leonora, and the writer makes his obsession seem quite logical.

Ruth Rendell also wrote the Inspector Wexford mysteries.

[ensho]

1. haven't read this one but agree Rendell is a great writer

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[asjr]

2. Am I wrong? Ruth Rendell is

actually P. D. James? I thought I read that somewhere.

[pitohui]

3. you are definitely wrong

ruth rendell is barbara vine or vice versa (i think ruth rendell is her "real" name)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. I've seen P.D. James on TV and Ruth Rendell in person

and while I've never seen them together :-) I'm sure they're different people.

[DUgosh]

5. Ruth also writes as

Barbara Vine in A Dark Adapted Eye and A Fatal Inversion. PD James writes "It's no secret that Barbara Vine is the distinguished crime writer Ruth Rendell, and in A Dark Adapted Eye we have Ms. Rendell at the Height of her powers... I salute a deeply satisying achievement." PD James

[pitohui]

6. all barbara vine novels are EXCELLENT

would hard to pick a favorite but i very much liked "grasshopper"