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Ruth Rendell


UK flag (1930 - 2015)

aka Barbara Vine

Ruth Rendell wrote her first novel From Doon with Death in 1964, which introduced her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford. She went on to write sixty bestselling novels, including police procedurals, some of which were successfully adapted for TV, standalone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. 
 

Awards: Theakston (2013), CWA (1991), Edgar (1984)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Chief Inspector Wexford
   1. From Doon with Death (1964)
   2. A New Lease of Death (1967)
     aka Sins of the Fathers
   3. Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)
   4. The Best Man to Die (1969)
   5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
   6. No More Dying Then (1972)
   7. Murder Being Once Done (1972)
   8. Some Lie and Some Die (1973)
   9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)
   10. A Sleeping Life (1978)
   Means of Evil (1979)
   11. Put On By Cunning (1981)

     aka Death Notes

   12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
   13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
   14. The Veiled One (1988)
   15. Kissing the Gunners Daughter (1992)
   16. Simisola (1994)
   17. Road Rage (1997)
   18. Harm Done (1999)
   19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)
   20. End in Tears (2005)
   21. Not in the Flesh (2007)
   22. The Monster in the Box (2009)
   23. The Vault (2011)
   24. No Man's Nightingale (2012)
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Novels
   To Fear a Painted Devil (1965)
   Vanity Dies Hard (1965)
     aka In Sickness and in Health
   The Secret House of Death (1968)
   One Across, Two Down (1971)
   The Face of Trespass (1974)
   A Demon in My View (1976)
   A Judgement in Stone (1977)
   Make Death Love Me (1979)
   Talking to Strange Men (1980)
   The Lake of Darkness (1980)
   Master of the Moor (1982)
   The Killing Doll (1984)
   The Tree of Hands (1984)
   Live Flesh (1986)
   Heartstones (1987)
   The Bridesmaid (1989)
   Going Wrong (1990)
   The Crocodile Bird (1993)
   The Keys to the Street (1996)
   Thornapple (1998)
   A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998)
   Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001)
   The Rottweiler (2003)
   Thirteen Steps Down (2004)
   The Water's Lovely (2006)
   Portobello (2008)
   Tigerlily's Orchids (2010)
   The Saint Zita Society (2012)
   The Girl Next Door (2014)
   Dark Corners (2015)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Vinegar Mother (1976)
   The Strawberry Tree (1995)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Ruth Rendell
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The Dead of Winter (2023)
(Vintage Murders)
edited by
Cecily Gayford

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Awards
2013 Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award
1991 CWA Diamond Dagger
1986 CWA Gold Dagger : Live Flesh
1984 Edgar Award for Best Short Story : The New Girlfriend: And Other Stories
1976 CWA Gold Dagger : A Demon in My View
1975 Edgar Award for Best Short Story : The Fallen Curtain: And Other Stories

Award nominations
2007 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : End in Tears
1991 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Long Live The Queen
1986 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : An Unkindness of Ravens
1986 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Tree of Hands
1986 Anthony Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Convolvulus Clock
1984 CWA Gold Dagger (nominee) : The Tree of Hands
1980 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Make Death Love Me
1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Sleeping Life
1977 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : People Don't Do Such things
1976 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Fall of the Coin


Ruth Rendell recommends
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Stagestruck (2011)
(Peter Diamond, book 11)
Peter Lovesey
"A wickedly clever writer."
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The Shadows in the Street (2010)
(Simon Serrailler, book 5)
Susan Hill
"Not all great novelist can write crime fiction, but when one like Susan Hill does it, the result is stunning."
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Broken (2008)
Karin Fossum
"I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum."

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