A Fatal Inversion

A Fatal Inversion
First edition (UK)
AuthorBarbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime / Mystery novel
PublisherViking (UK)
Bantam (US)
Publication date
March 1987
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages336 pp
ISBN0-670-80977-2
OCLC23838424
Preceded byA Dark-Adapted Eye 
Followed byThe House of Stairs 

A Fatal Inversion is a 1987 novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.[1] The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in that year and, in 1987, was also shortlisted for the Dagger of Daggers, a special award to select the best Gold Dagger winner of the award's 50-year history.

  1. ^ "Ruth Rendell: In quotes". The Guardian. 2 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.