The book was penned by British writer Ruth Rendell, writing as Barbara Vine.

Grasshopper is a novel by Barbara Vine, pseudonym of author Ruth Rendell, first published in 2000.

By Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine.

My own effort, Ruth Rendell, who is also known as Barbara Vine.

The House of Stairs (Barbara Vine novel)

Written under Mrs. Rendell's pseudonym, Barbara Vine, the book is about a young man who gets away with murder - or maybe not.

Once I was Barbara Vine, I could do something else.

The edgy Ruth Rendell has a kinder and gentler self, Barbara Vine.

For the Barbara Vine novel, see Gallowglass (novel)

"Barbara Vine is a master practitioner of the genre in which we are not certain until the end what the crime was."