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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 ]
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries is a British television crime drama series, produced by TVS and later by its successor Meridian Broadcasting, in association with Blue Heaven Productions, for broadcast on the ITV network. Twelve series were broadcast on ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Chief Inspector Reginald "Reg" Wexford is a recurring character in a series of detective novels by English crime writer Ruth Rendell. He made his first appearance in the author's 1964 debut From Doon With Death , and has since been the protagonist of 23 more novels (plus some short stories).
Wexford baits a trap for Sara, using her half-sister Veronica, and it emerges that it was these two "women" (in the eyes of ARRIA) who had been meeting secretly for months. Sara is a fantasist who had used the excuse of warning Veronica against her father to dominate her and had then used her as an accomplice in helping dispose of Williams ...
The Speaker of Mandarin is a detective novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1983.It is the 12th novel in her popular Inspector Wexford series. The plot follows the popular Kingsmarkham (a fictional market town in the county of Sussex) policeman as he returns from a holiday to China and investigates the death of another tourist.
Ruth Rendell: Language: English: Genre: Crime, mystery: ... all featuring Wexford: [1] ... three were the basis of episodes in the Inspector Wexford television series ...
Simisola is a 1994 novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell. It features her recurring detective Inspector Wexford, and is the 17th in the series. [1] Though a murder mystery, the book also touches on the themes of racism, welfare dependency [2] and new forms of slavery. [3]
No More Dying Then is a novel by the British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. [1] It was first published in 1971, and is the sixth title in her popular Inspector Wexford series. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association listed the book as one of its 100 Favourite Crime Novels of the Century.