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Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE (née Grasemann; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. [1] Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford . [2]
Apr 30, 2024 · Ruth Rendell was a British writer of mystery novels, psychological crime novels, and short stories who was perhaps best known for her novels featuring Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford. Rendell initially worked as a reporter and copy editor for West Essex newspapers.
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- May 2, 2015
- February 17, 1930
- From Doon With Death (Inspector Wexford, #1)
- A Judgement in Stone.
- The Crocodile Bird.
- The Babes in the Wood (Inspector Wexford, #19)
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May 3, 2015 · Ruth Rendell, a prolific and hugely popular writer of intricately plotted mystery novels that combined psychological insight, social conscience and, not infrequently, teeth-chattering terror,...
May 2, 2015 · Ruth Rendell was a leading member of the generation of writers who took crime fiction and turned it into literature. In a career spanning 50 years, she wrote more than 60 novels, as well as ...
Ruth Rendell: Life + Works. Ruth was an unsettling mixture of the conventional and the strange. Both her names, Barbara and Ruth, mean “stranger”. She became a bestselling author worldwide and a peer of the realm, but she remained on the side of life’s outsiders. —Jeanette Winterson
May 8, 2015 · Remembering Ruth Rendell, Master Of Smart And Socially Aware Suspense The British novelist set shocking crimes in mundane settings — always adding a dash of social criticism. Critic Maureen ...
