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A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine

4.0

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Another Vine I read when I was younger but wow it hits so much harder now!
Hard to decide who was the most hateful in this.

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Vivien was beyond reproach, Zoe had mental health issues, but the three guys..! Rufus, living his best life without a care in the world (except for the dark cloud over his marriage and presumably unfaithful/indifferent wife) and who thought only of himself; Adam, just insufferable; and Shiva, who feels like he's living his adult life according to karmic retribution and who suffers and dies horribly! but also he was the one who suggested a ransom after the baby's death which shows a moral compass gone seriously askew. So awful for the baby's parents, never knowing what happened to her. And that sting in the tail, seriously twisted!