Ruth Rendell

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

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....

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

Wexford can’t be bothered when a woman complains of a runaway husband. But his disappearance takes on a new urgency when a second woman reports her husband is missing too.....

The man who had died was Ismay's stepfather, Guy....

Inspector Wexford and his assistant Burden unravel the threads connecting the drowning of an elderly, world-renowned flautist and the murder of a woman whose identity confounds them.....

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

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

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

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....

Mary Jago had donated her own bone marrow to save the life of someone she didn’t know. And this generous act led directly to the bitter break-up of her affair with Alistair....

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

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

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....

All his life, for almost as far back as he could remember, Victor had had a phobia....

Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen. In Portobello, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London’s Notting Hill....

Wexford is shopping for his wife’s birthday present when the body of a strangled woman is discovered nearby....

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

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