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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:00 AM

The banality of evil

The latest from Ruth Rendell -- perhaps the best mystery writer alive today -- offers up an irresistible, unglamorous view of crime.
By Laura Miller

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  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:33 AM

    Just finished it

    Wow, this is the first time I've read a review of a book in Salon the day after I've finished reading it. (I picked up the paperback in a Japanese hotel's lobby shop to read on the way home.)

    The book only really goes wrong in its explanation of its one true mystery. But you've got to hand it to a write who makes a supermodel her single most truly sympathetic character.

    —DaleBeck Read DaleBeck's other letters

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