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The Girl Next Door (Rendell novel)
The Girl Next Door is a 2014 novel by British crime author Ruth Rendell.[1][2][3] It was the last of her novels published in her lifetime.[4] PlotDuring World War II, a group of children in Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom, which is where Rendell herself grew up, play in tunnels (in reality, the foundations of an uncompleted house) they discovered under a hill. In the present day they are reunited after the discovery of two hands in a tin box when the tunnels are dug up for construction work.[5] The novel deals frankly with changes and interrelationships of the characters and social changes generally, over seven decades. Critical receptionIn a review in The Observer, it was noted that instead of focusing on the crime, the novel dealt with the lives of the now elderly people in the present.[6] In Marilyn Stasio's review for The New York Times, the novel's effective use of a split time frame was noted.[7] References
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