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No Night Is Too Long

By: Barbara Vine
Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Shelley Thomson, Samuel West
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Tim Cornish thought he'd gotten away with murder. For months after he'd killed his lover off the Alaskan coast, there hadn't been a word. But then the letters started to arrive. It seems that someone knows what Tim has done....

This compelling thriller delivers such a dark picture of romantic love that murder seems its natural mate. Frightening, suspenseful, and deeply unsettling, No Night Is Too Long is a modern crime masterpiece and will be enjoyed by readers of P. D. James and Ian Rankin.

Barbara Vine is the pen name of Ruth Rendell. Ruth has published 14 novels under the Vine name, two of which, Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet, won the prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award.

©1994 Barbara Vine (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Crime Suspense Thriller & Suspense Murder Exciting

Critic reviews

"The Rendell/Vine partnership has for years been producing consistently better work than most Booker winners put together." (Ian Rankin)
"She deploys her peerless skills in blending the mundane, commonplace aspects of life with the murky impulses of desire and greed." (Sunday Times)

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The plot is unbelievable and formulaic. The writing as always is tight. But it's too bad the story didn't hold up.

Great until halfway through

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The story is brilliant. The way they present it is confusing, with three narrators. The ending is very clever but also a bit perfunctory. The people are complex and not pleasant. They are sort of like the Chinese curse about an interesting life. It's a very richly textured novel, something that you don't see in the hyper violent US novels we get today. This novel has enough violence. It's a novel about Gay people, but probably not 2021 values. It's a memorable novel but it doesn't make me want to run and get the other Vine novels. It's not like Wexford. It must be nice to be two very good novelists in one, although she has passed from the scene. Will any contemporary or recent novelist be read in 50 or 100 years. Some of this novel might pass the test, but I'm dubious it will pass into literature. Maybe they are too clever and it is a clever rooted in very trendy stuff. Like this is not really a prrofound Gay novel, though it is clever.

Wow, This Was Complicated

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What a story. Started slowly but captured my attention about two chapters in. I wanted to shake Tim many times. What a twist after Tim finishes his memoir!!

Terrific Writer and Narrators

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I truly enjoyed the beautifully written, wonderfully performed, very suspenseful audiobook. Perfect if a bit sad / happy ending interestingly presented. Shall check out other offerings by Barbara Vine.

Best in a long time

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Engrossing story, gripping characters, gorgeous writing; I cannot recommend this incredible novel highly enough. One of my favorite authors.

Utterly perfect!

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This is well written and well performed. I enjoyed the story. While no night is too long, this story was a bit too long for me. That is my only criticism.

Well done

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I ENJOYED THIS BOOK IMMENSELY,BOTH AS REGARDS THE STORY AND THE PERFORMANCE.THIS WAS MY FIRST FROM BARBARA VINE,BUT WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE MY LAST.
HERE'S HOPE THAT MR MAUGHAM WILL FORGIVE ME FOR BORROWING THE TITLE OF HIS NOVEL FOR MY HEADLINE,BUT I THINK IT VERY APTLY DESCRIBES THE SUBJECT OF "NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG"

OF HUMAN BONDAGE

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Generally appreciate her work but this was just too far fetched and the characters disagreeable.

A bit disappointing for Barbara Vine

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…but the overcooked length and the hours spent with the self-absorbed and unpleasant characters—just staggering. Slow, ponderous, boring,

I listened out of respect for the skilled writing…

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This is not Ruth Rendell aka Barbara Vine’s best work.
It kept promising to ratchet up the suspense, but just didn’t deliver on that promise.
Other reviewers have mentioned the terms melodramatic and soap-opera, and I have to agree. The performers delivered their lines as if sedated on Lithium, which really didn’t help matters.

Never quite delivers

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