Ruth Rendell

There were some things about Chief Inspector Wexford's trip to China that he could never have dreamt of....

A female vicar named Sarah Hussain is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage....

The residents of a shabby housing complex in the London suburb of Kingsmarkham are furious. A convicted pedophile, released from prison, has returned to their community....

Having published 45 books, Ruth Rendell is an internationally popular mystery writer.....

Concealed by a shroud of dirty brown velvet was what looked like a heap of rags....

Few mystery writers can match Ruth Rendell’s ability to get inside the dark, tangled psyches of everyday criminals....

Liza is raised in a remote rural hamlet. One evening, Liza’s mother orders her to leave home forever. Paralyzed at having to fend for herself, Liza finds refuge with Sean, a drifter with whom she begins to share the bizarre story of her life....

One particular member of the local press is gunning for the Chief Inspector, distinctly unimpressed with what he regards as old-fashioned police methods....

When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously, his master's first reaction is delight at the size of the clump the dog has unearthed....

In Rendell's evocative portrayal of West London, the slums of Notting Hill Gate and the mews houses of Holland Park may, geographically, only be streets apart but....

All he has to go on is his own intuitive suspicions. Was he becoming cynical and untrusting or was this one of the most ingenious crimes he had ever tackled?....

Alan Groombridge had a fantasy....

No one would have described Manningtree Grove as fashionable....

Charlie Hatton wanted fast money and conspicuous success, and he was prepared to cut any corners to get them....

A proposed highway through a forest near Kingsmarkham has caused loud cries of protest. One group has taken more drastic measures....

In a gloomy cellar, the figure of a beautiful, pale woman makes no move when the man advances on her from the shadows....

Mix Cellini (which he pronounces with an S rather than a C) is superstitious about the number 13 and has always felt dogged by ill-luck....

There are only two things in life that interest Stanley: solving crossword puzzles, and getting his hands on his mother-in-law’s money....

Wexford is horrified by the carnage he encounters at Tancred Manor, home of a famous anthropologist, but he is determined to do all that he can for 17-year-old Daisy....

The discovery of bones in a tin box sends shockwaves across a group of long-time friends....