wahistorian 's review for:

Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell

3.0

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This was my first Ruth Rendell, and I’m not sure about her style and pacing. Carl, an aspiring writer, inherits a London townhouse and decides to rent out the top-floor flat, but his nosy tenant upends his quiet life. The story isn’t nearly as suspenseful as it could have been, as Rendell leaves plenty of breathing room for Carl to make other, better decisions. Other storylines elaborate on the theme of the ways in which the price and scarcity of urban real estate drives desperate actions. Timely in the way Agatha Christie stories were, but without the tight pacing.