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Ruth Rendell

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Bio

Ruth Rendell is the author of Road Rage, The Keys to the Street, Bloodlines, Simisola, and The Crocodile Bird. She is the winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. She is also the recipient of three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and four Gold Daggers from Great Britain’s Crime Writers Association. In 1997, she was named a life peer in the House of Lords. Ruth Rendell also wrote mysteries under the name of Barbara Vine, of which A Dark Adapted Eye is the most famous. She died in 2015.

Ruth Rendell Books

The Vinegar Mother book cover

The Vinegar Mother

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A Spot of Folly book cover

A Spot of Folly

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Two Inspector Wexford Mysteries book cover

Two Inspector Wexford Mysteries

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Three Barbara Vine Mysteries book cover

Three Barbara Vine Mysteries

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Lethal Kisses book cover

Lethal Kisses

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Dark Corners book cover

Dark Corners

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The Girl Next Door book cover

The Girl Next Door

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No Man's Nightingale book cover

No Man's Nightingale

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Master of the Moor book cover

Master of the Moor

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From Doon with Death book cover

From Doon with Death

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Wolf to the Slaughter book cover

Wolf to the Slaughter

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Speaker of Mandarin book cover

Speaker of Mandarin

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To Fear a Painted Devil book cover

To Fear a Painted Devil

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The Best Man to Die book cover

The Best Man to Die

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A Guilty Thing Surprised book cover

A Guilty Thing Surprised

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The St. Zita Society book cover

The St. Zita Society

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Simisola book cover

Simisola

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Road Rage book cover

Road Rage

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A Sight for Sore Eyes book cover

A Sight for Sore Eyes

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The Vault book cover

The Vault

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