Indubitably one of the modern greats, Rendell imbues her Chief Inspector Wexford books with a warmth and country hospitality lacking in practically every contemporary. Rendell herself saves her darker side for other books written under the Barbara Vine pseudonym, keeping Wexford's Kingsmarkham a much more pleasant place. This is despite the huge range of violent crime that seems to take part in that corner of South East England. The principle detectives, Wexford and Burden have fully developed private lives which gives an enjoyable soap opera background to the twists and turns of the sometimes labyrinthine plots.

Road Rage : A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery
Published 1998 Ever one to latch onto current events, Rendell puts a bypass protest around Kingsmarkham, allowing for the introduction of a wild and wonderful range of characters. All is not well, though, when unknown protestors decide to take things into their own hands by taking hostages, including a well-known character from the Rendell books. At the same time a six-month old murder of a young woman is being investigated. The ending is a real surprise - in fact there's so much to pack in it's rather rushed - even so, despite her many books it's one of Rendell's best. New 6 August 1998

Road Rage : An Inspector Wexford Mystery
Published 1997

Road Rage
Published 5 March, 1998

Road Rage
Published July 1997

A Dark Blue Perfume
Published September 1996

"The Fallen Curtain" and Other Stories
Published 7 July, 1994

A Dark-Adapted Eye : A Novel of Suspense
Published 1994

A Demon in My View
Published July 1996

A Guilty Thing Surprised
Published 4 October, 1990

A Guilty Thing Surprised
Published February 1996

A New Lease of Death; A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery
Published 1998

A Sight for Sore Eyes
Published September 1999

A Sight for Sore Eyes
Published 3 September, 1998

A Sight for Sore Eyes
Published 3 September, 1998

An Unkindness of Ravens
Published 7 February, 1991

Anna's Book
Published 1994

Annas Book
Published 1995

Blood Lines : Long & Short Stories
Published 1996

Blood Lines
Published 5 September, 1996

Blood Lines
Published August 1995

Bloodlines: Long and Short Stories
Published 1997

Collected Short Stories
Published 15 September, 1988

Death Notes
Published 1994

Doctor Thorne
Published 1 April, 1991

From Doon With Death
Published 1990

From Doon with Death
Published 1996

Garden of Deadly Delights : Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Published 1996

Harm Done
Published 2 September, 1999

Harm Done
Published 2 September, 1999

Inspector Wexford on Holiday/Audio Cassettes
Published 1991

Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (7313)
Published 1992

Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
Published 15 April, 1993

Live Flesh
Published 1987

Make Death Love Me
Published 19 July, 1990

Master of the Moor
Published 4 April, 1991

Means of Evil
Published 5 September, 1991

Means of Evil
Published 1990

Ms. Murder; The Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, by the Top Women Writers.
Published 1989

Murder Being Once Done (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Published 1999

Murder Being Once Done
Published April 1996

Murder Being Once Done
Published 1995

Mystery Cats
Published 1995

No More Dying Then! (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Published 1999

No More Dying Then
Published 14 July, 1975

No Night Is Too Long
Published 1996

No Night Is Too Long
Published 1995

One Across, Two Down [UNABRIDGED]
Published 1998

Put on by Cunning
Published September 1995

Ruth Rendell Omnibus
Published 7 October, 1993

Secret House of Death
Published 1997

Simisola
Published 5 October, 1995

Simisola
Published November 1994

Talking to Strange Men
Published 1 September, 1988

The Best Man to Die
Published 1991

The Case of the Achilles Heel
Published 1998

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy : A Novel
Published 1998

The Copper Peacock
Published 6 February, 1992

The Crocodile Bird
Published 29 September, 1994

The Face of Trespass
Published 5 April, 1990

The Fall of the Coin
Published 1998

The Fallen Curtain / Audio Cassettes
Published 1990

The Fever Tree
Published 5 April, 1990

The Fourth Wexford Omnibus
Published 1 December, 1994

The Greatest Mystery Stories of the 20th Century [UNABRIDGED]
Published 1998

The Keys to the Street : A Novel of Suspense
Published 1997

The Keys to the Street : A Novel of Suspense
Published 1996

The Keys to the Street
Published 4 September, 1997

The Keys to the Street
Published September 1996

The Lake of Darkness
Published 5 April, 1990

The New Girlfriend and Other Stories
Published 7 November, 1991

The Reason Why : An Anthology of the Murderous Mind
Published 1996

The Second Ruth Rendell Omnibus
Published 1 December, 1994

The Third Wexford Omnibus
Published 1 November, 1990

The Veiled One
Published February 1995

Thornapple
Published August 1998

To Fear a Painted Devil
Published 31 December, 1989

Vanity Dies Hard
Published 6 December, 1984

Vanity Dies Hard
Published May 1996

Wexford: an Omnibus
Published 3 September, 1987

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