The Water's Lovely

I think I need to add Ruth Rendell to my list of favorite authors. In The Water's Lovely, she creates a fabulous mess with a mixed cast of characters that makes you not want to put the book down until you've read the very last word. Everybody has vastly different motivations (some good, some sinister) and she weaves their lives together in the wonderfully intricate web. This is a must read (as all of her novels probably are, but it'll take me quite some time to read all 60 or 70 of them).