Ruth Rendell

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Standard Name: Rendell, Ruth
Birth Name: Ruth Barbara Graseman
Married Name: Ruth Barbara Rendell
Titled: Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh
Pseudonym: Barbara Vine
RR established herself as a leading crime novelist of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. To the intricacies of plot characteristic of the genre, she adds a capacity to scare her readers, and a sophisticated focus on the psychological and emotional aspects of criminal minds and the minds of those committed to the notion of justice. She is also attentive to contemporary English life and keenly interested in books and language, which feature importantly in her fictional worlds. She published sixty novels and was translated into twenty-five languages.
Colour photograph of Ruth Rendell, seated at a table with a microphone and a glass of water. She is wearing a fawn jacket, white shirt, and brown trousers. Her is short and blonde.

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Rendell, Ruth. Not in the Flesh. Cornerstone Hutchinson, 2007.
Rendell, Ruth. One Across, Two Down. Hutchinson, 1971.
Rendell, Ruth. Portobello. Hutchinson, 2008.
Rendell, Ruth. Put on by Cunning. Hutchinson, 1981.
Rendell, Ruth. Road Rage. Cornerstone Hutchinson, 1997.
Rendell, Ruth, and Paul Bowden. Ruth Rendell’s Suffolk. Muller, 1989.
Rendell, Ruth. Sight for Sore Eyes. Cornerstone Hutchinson, 1998.
Rendell, Ruth. Simisola. Hutchinson, 1994.
Rendell, Ruth. Talking to Strangers. Hutchinson, 1987.
Rendell, Ruth. “The ALCS interview”. ALCSnews.
Rendell, Ruth. The Babes in the Wood; Live Flesh. Arrow Books, 2006.
Rendell, Ruth. The Best Man to Die. John Long, 1969.
Rendell, Ruth. The Birthday Present. Viking, 2008.
Rendell, Ruth. The Blood Doctor. Viking, 2002.
Rendell, Ruth. The Bridesmaid. Hutchinson, 1989.
Rendell, Ruth. The Brimstone Wedding. Viking, 1996.
Rendell, Ruth. The Child’s Child. Viking Penguin, 2013.
Rendell, Ruth. The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy. Penguin, 1998.
Rendell, Ruth. The Crocodile Bird. Hutchinson, 1993.
Rendell, Ruth. The House of Stairs. Viking, 1988.
Rendell, Ruth. The Keys to the Street. Hutchinson, 1996.
Rendell, Ruth. The Lake of Darkness. Hutchinson, 1980.
Rendell, Ruth. The Monster in the Box. Hutchinson, 2009.
Rendell, Ruth. The Secret House of Death. John Long, 1968.
Rendell, Ruth. The Tree of Hands. Hutchinson, 1984.