A Glowing Future

          “A Glowing Future” is a crime story written by Ruth Rendell. It appears in the book Crime Never Pays, which contains eight short stories all about crime.

Rendell´s story talks about a womanizer called Maurice that returns to London because of his work after being one year in Australia. In London he slept with his second woman called Betsy, who thought he had come back to be with her. In the morning, Betsy realized that Maurice is planning to leave her, so she gets emotional.

          Maurice tells Betsy, that he has a glowing future in Australia: he has a good job and a girlfriend that he’s going to get married with, called Patricia. When Betsy knows that, she gets increasingly angry and frustrated. She is bitter because Maurice never wrote or called her in one year; she shouts and throws stuff at him.

So, the one million dollar question is, what will Betsy do to keep Maurice with her?  

          I liked the story and specifically the way it is narrated, because it keeps you alert. Personally, I like characters that have a psychotic profile, because it’s interesting that you never know what they’re going to do, exactly like Betsy.

I recommend “A Glowing   Future” for people of all the ages, but who like crime, suspense and also cruel stories and characters.