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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 ]
She has made guest appearances on several television mystery series, including Kavanagh QC, Prime Suspect, Midsomer Murders, Lewis, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries ("May and June", 1997), Foyle's War, Second Sight starring Clive Owen, and the 2012 Christmas episode of Downton Abbey, a role she reprised for the 2014 season.
Vanity Dies Hard is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, published in 1966 by John Long Ltd in the UK [1] and in the same year as In Sickness and in Health by Doubleday in the US. [2] In a later interview, the author said that it was at the very bottom of the list of "my worst books". [ 3 ]
The Wexford series of novels are set in "Kingsmarkham", a fictional town in Sussex. [2] Kingsmarkham has been reported as "inspired by Midhurst in West Sussex". [3]Rendell says that Kingsmarkham "is not romantic at all, (with) ugly modern buildings, huge supermarkets, open car lots and bus garages, and sprawling blocks of local authority housing with the police station a concrete box of tricks ...
From Doon with Death was the debut novel of British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1964. [1] The story was later made into a movie in 1988. The novel introduced her popular recurring character Inspector Wexford, who went on to feature in 24 of her novels.
Pennsylvania State Police Sgt. Josh Lacey announced in a press conference on Thursday, Nov. 21, shared by WHP-TV, that 14-year-old Ruth Elizabeth Brenneman of York County has been identified as ...
Thomas and Ruth O'Brien were married for 66 years and had six children, including their Emmy-winning son. Conan O'Brien often played up his upbringing and his relationship to his white-collar ...
A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986) is a psychological thriller novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pen name Barbara Vine. The novel won the American Edgar Award . [ 1 ] It was adapted as a television film of the same name in 1994 by the BBC .