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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 ...

Bestselling crime novelist Ruth Rendell died Saturday in London, her publisher Penguin Random House announced. She was 85 and had suffered a serious stroke in January. Rendell, who published more than ...

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 ...

In a recent book of photos about literary London (“Imagined London”) Ruth Rendell – the queen of British mystery and thriller writers – appears in her domestic stateliness, smiling sweetly while ...

This week has seen many obituaries mourning the death at age 85 of Ruth Rendell, author of the popular Inspector Wexford mysteries. When asked in a 2013 Guardian interview how she’d like to be ...

Wexford fans may be disappointed by the shortage of memorable characters in Rendell's latest mystery to feature the chief inspector, a solid, if not spectacular, entry in the series. As in her ...

For most of us, there's something in our past -- a person, a relationship, a place, an incident -- that, forgotten for months, even years, occasionally re-enters our conscious minds. For Ruth ...

But “End in Tears,” another in her series featuring Chief Inspector Reg Wexford in Kingsmarkham, England, isn’t an ordinary police procedural because Rendell writes beautifully. And she constructs her ...

LONDON, May 3 (UPI) --Renowned British mystery writer Ruth Rendell has died. She was 85. Entertainment Weekly confirmed her death Saturday, but did not report the cause of it. Rendell had suffered a ...