Ruth Rendell

Why Is Ruth Rendell Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford. A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims. This theme was developed further in a third series of novels, published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.

Other Resources About Ruth Rendell

• en.wikipedia.org
• literature.britishcouncil.org

What Are Ruth Rendell's Academic Contributions?

Ruth Rendell has made the following academic contributions:

• Wolf to the Slaughter
• Vanity Dies Hard
• To Fear a Painted Devil
• Tigerlily's Orchids
• Thirteen Steps Down
• The Vault
• The Tree of Hands
• The Thief
• The Speaker of Mandarin
• The Secret House of Death
• The Monster in the Box
• The Killing Doll
• The Girl Next Door
• The Fallen Curtain
• The Face of Trespass
• The Copper Peacock
• The Chimney-sweeper's Boy
• The Bridesmaid
• The Best Man to Die
• The Babes in the Wood
• Talking to Strange Men
• Some Lie and Some Die
• Simisola
• Shake Hands Forever
• Road Rage
• Put on By Cunning
• Portobello
• Piranha to Scurfy
• One Across, Two Down
• No More Dying Then
• No Man's Nightingale
• Murder Being Once Done
• Means of Evil
• Master of the Moor
• Make Death Love Me
• Live Flesh
• Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
• Heartstones
• Harm Done
• Going Wrong
• Gallowglass
• From Doon with Death
• Dark Corners
• A Sleeping Life
• A Sight for Sore Eyes
• An Unkindness of Ravens
• A New Lease of Death
• A Judgement in Stone
• A Guilty Thing Surprised
• A Fatal Inversion
• A Demon in My View