A review by sistermagpie
A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell

4.0

Since I liked the last RR book I read so much I went for another one--liked it very much as well! Again, this isn't a classic mystery who-dunnit. In fact, we're told who dunnit in the very first sentence and why. The story is more about watching the slow-motion train collision that is the relationship between Eunice, an illiterate, unfeeling cleaning woman and her bright, sophisticated, hyper-educated middle class employers. The kind of people who pin up quotes of the day, study Greek as teenagers for fun and take notes while watching opera because they know the score by heart. Add to this mix another perverse criminal, this one unfortunately converted to a Christian sect, and things were never going to end well.

The story, of course, is in the different personalities and how they all fit together--or don't.