A Sight for Sore Eyes » (~)

From the start of her illustrious career, Ruth Rendell's novels have blurred the distinction between literature and commercial fiction. Although Rendell is classified as a writer of mysteries and crime thrillers, her elegant prose and superb literary skills elevate her far above the conventions of those genres.

Ruth Rendell may just be the master of the modern psychological mystery, and now, more than 40 books into her career, she has written one of her most brilliant. Dealing with Rendell's usual theme of the disturbances of human love, Sight for Sore Eyes finds a rock star and his lover dealing with the nightmare of misbegotten romance, and with the darkness that enters their lives in the form of a young man named Teddy. Rendell fans and readers new to her work will love this one.

Entertainment Weekly

...[E]ver the master puppeteer, [Rendell] manipulates the interactions of a delicate but resourceful girl, a dangerously handsome boy, and a truly twisted stepmother.