Kerstin Kvist didn't quite know what to expect when she took up a job with the Cosway family at their odd, almost grand home, Lydstep Old Hall, deep in the Essex countryside. The family turned out to be even odder than the house: the widowed Mrs Cosway lived with her three unmarried daughters, in thrall to the old lady. A mysterious fourth daughter - a widow herself and apparently quite rich - came and went, with ill-disguised contempt for the others. More puzzling still was Mrs Cosway's son, John, a sad, self-absorbed figure in his thirties who haunted the house. There's madness in the family' offered one of the daughters by way of explanation, but Kerstin had trained as a nurse and knew it wasn't right to be administering such powerful drugs to a vulnerable figure like John. Barbara Vine's new book, her twelfth, is compelling in its depiction of the sex, lies and secrets within an apparently respectable family, at a time when the sixties revolution hadn't quite reached rural England.
Genre: Mystery
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
March 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Minotaur: A Novel Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0307237605 / 9780307237606 (USA edition) Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
April 2005 : Hardback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0670915734 / 9780670915736 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
April 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Minotaur, The Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0670915742 / 9780670915743 (USA, AU, or UK edition) Publisher: Viking Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
May 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0141042621 / 9780141042626 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
May 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0141042613 / 9780141042619 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
January 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0141042605 / 9780141042602 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
March 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0307278328 / 9780307278326 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
June 2006 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 014305208X / 9780143052081 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Canada Availability: Amazon CA |
March 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0141020725 / 9780141020723 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0141025239 / 9780141025230 (UK edition) Publisher: The Penguin Group (SA) (Pty) Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon |
2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 1405612002 / 9781405612005 (UK edition) Publisher: Paragon Availability: Amazon UK |
July 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0143052071 / 9780143052074 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
April 2005 : Audio CD
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 0141806060 / 9781415922071 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
March 2006 : Audio CD
| Title: Minotaur, the (Lib)(CD) Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 1415922071 / 9781415922071 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape Availability: Amazon |
2006 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Minotaur (Unabridged) Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: 1415922063 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape Availability: Amazon |
Kindle Editions
February 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Ruth Rendell ISBN: B00AG8GYLA Publisher: Open Road Media Availability: Amazon |
February 2011 : Kindle edition
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May 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Minotaur Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: B002RI97DY Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK |
March 2007 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Minotaur (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Author(s):: Barbara Vine ISBN: B000OI0GB6 Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon |
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