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Best-selling crime writer Ruth Rendell, creator of intricately plotted novels and the character Chief Inspector Wexford, died Saturday at the age of 85, the British media reports, quoting her ...

If there were real justice in the world then Ruth Rendell’s final book would have been her penultimate “The Girl Next Door” — a sweet and sexy statement of not going gently into that night. But the ...

Prolific crime and mystery writer Ruth Rendell, perhaps best known for her Chief Inspector Wexford novels, died Saturday, said her publisher, Penguin Random House. She was 85. The cause of death was ...

The British mystery writer was known for her Inspector Wexford series and in her later years became active in Labour Party politics. NPR's Petra... Ruth Rendell Dies, Pioneered The Psychological ...

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The British author wrote crime novels for 50 years, many featuring Chief Inspector "Reg" Wexford. Rendell died May 2. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2005. We're remembering British mystery writer ...

When the news of Ruth Rendell's death broke last weekend, I searched for some of her novels on my mystery bookshelves. Rendell, 85, wrote more than 60 novels, so I should've been able to find a few, ...

With Ruth Rendell, it’s all about control — or the lack of it. Obsession, loss of freedom, fierce urges, cluelessness, crumbling grips on reality: These are the enduring themes in her many novels, and ...

Famed British crime writer Ruth Rendell died this past weekend in London. She was 85 and had suffered a stroke in January. Best known for her long-running Inspector Wexford series — which was adapted ...

Mystery readers around the world have suffered a loss. On Saturday morning, her publisher announced that British crime writer Ruth Rendell died at age 85. Rendell, the author of the Inspector Wexford ...

LONDON (AP) — Prolific crime and mystery writer Ruth Rendell, perhaps best known for her Chief Inspector Wexford novels, died Saturday, said her publisher, Penguin Random House. She was 85. The cause ...