Ruth Rendell

New York Times bestselling author Dame Ruth Rendell has written more than seventy books and sold more than twenty million copies worldwide, including her popular crime series featuring Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford.

Books By Ruth Rendell

Live Flesh By Ruth Rendell

As their worlds collide, an ex-con and his victim struggle to make sense of their violent past and forge a new future

When Victor Jenner emerges from prison he finds himself inexorably drawn to the man who put him there—the policeman he’d shot a bullet through and paralyzed for life. But it seems that David Fleetwood isn’t the sort to hold a grudge, and neither is his ravishing girlfriend, Clare. But can an ex-con like Victor create a new life, or are these three newfound friends treading into the dangerous waters of the past? 

Showcasing her unwavering mastery of the psychological thriller, Ruth Rendell’s Crime Writers’ Association Macallan Gold Dagger award–winning novel peers fearlessly into the hidden recesses of a criminal mind.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  • Biography

    • Edgar Award–winning author Ruth Rendell (b. 1930) has written more than seventy books and sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (London), she is the recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers’ Association. Rendell’s award-winning novels include A Demon in My View (1976), A Dark-Adapted Eye (1987), and King Solomon’s Carpet (1991). Her popular crime stories featuring Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford were adapted into a long-running British television series (1987–2000) starring George Baker.
  • Awards

    • 2004 - Lifetime Achievement

    • 1997 - Grand Master Award

    • 1991 - Crime Writers Association of the United Kingdom: Cartier Diamond Dagger for a Lifetime's Achievement

    • 1991 - Gold Dagger for Fiction for King Solomon's Carpet

    • 1987 - Edgar Award for A Fatal Inversion

    • 1987 - Gold Dagger for A Fatal Inversion

    • 1986 - Gold Dagger for Fiction for Live Flesh

    • 1986 - Edgar Award for The New Girlfriend

    • 1981 - Arts Council National Book Award for The Lake of Darkness

    • 1976 - Gold Dagger for Fiction for A Demon in My View

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