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(Ruth Rendell wrote her first novel From Doon with Death in 1964, which introduced her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford. She went on to write sixty bestselling novels, including police procedurals, some of which were successfully adapted for TV, standalone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
Awards: Theakston (2013), CWA (1991), Edgar (1984) see all
Genres: Mystery
Series
Chief Inspector Wexford
1. From Doon with Death (1964)
2. A New Lease of Death (1967)
aka Sins of the Fathers
3. Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)
4. The Best Man to Die (1969)
5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
6. No More Dying Then (1972)
7. Murder Being Once Done (1972)
8. Some Lie and Some Die (1973)
9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)
10. A Sleeping Life (1978)
Means of Evil (1979)
11. Put On By Cunning (1981)
12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
14. The Veiled One (1988)
15. Kissing the Gunners Daughter (1992)
16. Simisola (1994)
17. Road Rage (1997)
18. Harm Done (1999)
19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)
20. End in Tears (2005)
21. Not in the Flesh (2007)
22. The Monster in the Box (2009)
23. The Vault (2011)
24. No Man's Nightingale (2012)
1. From Doon with Death (1964)
2. A New Lease of Death (1967)
aka Sins of the Fathers
3. Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)
4. The Best Man to Die (1969)
5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
6. No More Dying Then (1972)
7. Murder Being Once Done (1972)
8. Some Lie and Some Die (1973)
9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)
10. A Sleeping Life (1978)
Means of Evil (1979)
11. Put On By Cunning (1981)
12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
14. The Veiled One (1988)
15. Kissing the Gunners Daughter (1992)
16. Simisola (1994)
17. Road Rage (1997)
18. Harm Done (1999)
19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)
20. End in Tears (2005)
21. Not in the Flesh (2007)
22. The Monster in the Box (2009)
23. The Vault (2011)
24. No Man's Nightingale (2012)
Novels
To Fear a Painted Devil (1965)
Vanity Dies Hard (1965)
aka In Sickness and in Health
The Secret House of Death (1968)
One Across, Two Down (1971)
The Face of Trespass (1974)
A Demon in My View (1976)
A Judgement in Stone (1977)
Make Death Love Me (1979)
Talking to Strange Men (1980)
The Lake of Darkness (1980)
Master of the Moor (1982)
The Killing Doll (1984)
The Tree of Hands (1984)
Live Flesh (1986)
Heartstones (1987)
The Bridesmaid (1989)
Going Wrong (1990)
The Crocodile Bird (1993)
The Keys to the Street (1996)
Thornapple (1998)
A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998)
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001)
The Rottweiler (2003)
Thirteen Steps Down (2004)
The Water's Lovely (2006)
Portobello (2008)
Tigerlily's Orchids (2010)
The Saint Zita Society (2012)
The Girl Next Door (2014)
Dark Corners (2015)
Vanity Dies Hard (1965)
aka In Sickness and in Health
The Secret House of Death (1968)
One Across, Two Down (1971)
The Face of Trespass (1974)
A Demon in My View (1976)
A Judgement in Stone (1977)
Make Death Love Me (1979)
Talking to Strange Men (1980)
The Lake of Darkness (1980)
Master of the Moor (1982)
The Killing Doll (1984)
The Tree of Hands (1984)
Live Flesh (1986)
Heartstones (1987)
The Bridesmaid (1989)
Going Wrong (1990)
The Crocodile Bird (1993)
The Keys to the Street (1996)
Thornapple (1998)
A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998)
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001)
The Rottweiler (2003)
Thirteen Steps Down (2004)
The Water's Lovely (2006)
Portobello (2008)
Tigerlily's Orchids (2010)
The Saint Zita Society (2012)
The Girl Next Door (2014)
Dark Corners (2015)
Collections
The Fallen Curtain (1976)
The New Girlfriend (1978)
The Copper Peacock (1980)
The Fever Tree (1982)
Collected Short Stories (1987)
Wexford (1988)
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990)
Unguarded Hours (1990) (with Helen Simpson)
Tales of Obsession (1994) (with others)
Blood Lines (1995)
A Dark Blue Perfume (1996)
A Needle For the Devil (1996)
Piranha to Scurfy (2000)
Three Cases for Chief Inspector Wexford (2002)
Collected Stories II (2008)
Expectations / Lizzie's Lover / Shreds and Slivers / The Carer / Unacceptable Levels (2011)
A Spot of Folly (2017)
The New Girlfriend (1978)
The Copper Peacock (1980)
The Fever Tree (1982)
Collected Short Stories (1987)
Wexford (1988)
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990)
Unguarded Hours (1990) (with Helen Simpson)
Tales of Obsession (1994) (with others)
Blood Lines (1995)
A Dark Blue Perfume (1996)
A Needle For the Devil (1996)
Piranha to Scurfy (2000)
Three Cases for Chief Inspector Wexford (2002)
Collected Stories II (2008)
Expectations / Lizzie's Lover / Shreds and Slivers / The Carer / Unacceptable Levels (2011)
A Spot of Folly (2017)
Novellas and Short Stories
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