Reviews for The fourth Inspector Thanet omnibus

The average rating for The fourth Inspector Thanet omnibus based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-08 00:00:00 Thomas Mededma A better collection than The Fallen Curtain, more playful and engaging but still light years behind Celia Femlin's and Shirley Jackson't standards. All these stories have promising plots and characters but hardly result in surprising or shocking endings. I am mystified by how an amazing talent like Ruth Rendell in pushing the reader straight into the depth of a psychological nightmare in her novels is miles away from transferring that skill in shorter writings. They are all very readable albeit sometimes quite confusing but missing that special 'that's it' necessary to enhance an average short story to an ecstatic reading shock.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-08-18 00:00:00 Richard Cullins I have quite a few Ruth Rendell and Barbara Vine books in my collection but I haven't read many of them. I thoroughly enjoyed the unpredictable short stories in "The Fever Tree", each with an unexpected twist in the tail. I intend to read the rest of my RR and BV collection. At this rate, I need never visit a public library again as long as I live!