This is more Barbara Vine than Rendell, so you know what you are getting. It chronicles the discovery of two hands and the challenges that brings to a group of people - children in the second World War but 60 plus in the setting of the book. Like most of Rendell's books when she writers as Vine, the emphasis is more on the impact of the crime than the crime itself. It's not the best Vine, but it's not bad. Just a bit predictable.
