Book Review: The Minotaur by Barbara Vine

Writing as Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell take us back to the late 1960's and to a strange house in eastern England. Populated with a highly dysfunctional family of mainly women, Kirsten joins as a helper for the autistic son, John. Her arrival starts to undermine the status quo in the family life.

Add to this the appearance in the village of a bohemian artist/lover and the family are affected even more by him. However, the real spark to the flame is an "accident" to the mother who is hospitalised for a short time. During this period the balance of the family is really put out of kilter.

What happens after this is the murder of one of the family and then another!

The book for me is a bit slow, setting the scene through about 80% of it was too much. It does not really take that long to set the stage and to get to know the characters. This novel seemed to take me a long time to read.

6/10 for me.