Portobello by Ruth Rendell

There isn't anything like finding an author that is "new to you" that offers forty years of books just waiting for you to read.  If her other novels are anything like Portobello I will be a satisfied reader.  Must add her name to the list of authors/books I look for at used book stores. Portobello is a tale that weaves together the lives of several people in one neighborhood in London and the consequences that change them all.  It is written  in such a natural way that you feel as if you are actually in the neighborhood yourself and observing these happenings.  Thanks again to Gypsi for suggesting this author to me.