num_pages: 304
description: Like most families they had their secrets. And they hid them under a genteelly respectable veneer. No onlooker would guess that prim Vera Hillyard and her beautiful, adored younger sister, Eden, were locked in a dark and bitter combat over one of those secrets. England in the fifties was not kind to women who erred, so they had to use every means necessary to keep the truth hidden behind closed doors, even murder. 'A rich, complex and beautifully crafted novel' - P.D. James.
language: English
title: A Dark-adapted Eye
titlecomplete: A Dark-adapted Eye
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, 20th Century, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Historical Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 9584
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Penguin Canada