A Fatal Inversion

A Fatal Inversion
First edition (UK)
AuthorBarbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime / Mystery novel
PublisherViking (UK)
Bantam (US)
Publication date
March 1987
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages336 pp
ISBN0-670-80977-2
OCLC23838424
Preceded byA Dark-Adapted Eye 
Followed byThe House of Stairs 

A Fatal Inversion is a 1987 novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. The novel won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in that year and, in 1987, was also shortlisted for the Dagger of Daggers, a special award to select the best Gold Dagger winner of the award's 50-year history.