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The Minotaur : a Novel by Vine, Barbara, 1930-2015 is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>From the author <i>Time</i> magazine calls &#8220;the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world,&#8221; comes an elegant and gripping new novel that blurs the line between psychological suspense and Gothic horror. <P>Kerstin Krist arrives at the vine-covered Lydstep Old Hall in rural Essex to care for John Cosway, a former mathematical genius, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and kept under heavy sedation. John is the sole heir of the immense Cosway estate. As he takes his daily walks or sits quivering in a labyrinthine library, the rest of the family plots their own ways of coming into the fortune. It is classic Barbara Vine&#8211;an absolutely enthralling tale that keeps turning and twisting until the very last page.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>British master Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) explores life among the Cosways, a country gentry clan that makes the Wuthering Heights crowd look wholesome. Kerstin Kvist, a young Swedish nurse, takes a job at Lydstep Old Hall caring for John Cosway, a mathematical prodigy now labeled by his family as schizophrenic. In addition to John, there are four obsessive sisters ruled by their scarecrow-like matriarch. Gradually

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Author

Vine, Barbara, 1930-2015

Publisher

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307237606

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.57 / 5 (66 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14