Bestselling crime novel from The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time.
Ruth Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, and will be remembered as a legend in her own lifetime. Her groundbreaking debut novel, From Doon With Death, was first published in 1964 and introduced the reader to her enduring and popular detective, Inspector Reginald Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her subsequent novels. With worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, Rendell was a regular Sunday Times bestseller. Her sixty bestselling novels include police procedurals, some of which have been successfully adapted for TV, stand-alone psychological mysteries, and a third strand of crime novels under the pseudonym Barbara Vine. Very much abreast of her times, the Wexford books in particular often engaged with social or political issues close to her heart. Rendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986, and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. Ruth Rendell died in May 2015. Her final novel, Dark Corners, is scheduled for publication in October 2015
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Davina Porter reads this somewhat successful mystery. The title is deceptive since the book (LJ 5/1/97) is not about Los Angeles-style confrontation on the freeway but about English-style tradition vs. progress. Also, it has too many characters to be a really elegant mystery. The cast includes about a half dozen cops, an equal number of quasi-left-wing terrorists, a score of suspects, and who knows how many witnesses, innocent bystanders, etc. Wisely, reader Porter doesn't attempt to create enough voices to individualize, rather characterizing by type and class. This makes for a sometimes quite confusing audio. However, the plot and solution are good, if depressing. It is easy to see why mystery novelists are fascinated with left-wing terror. Their audience can so much more easily identify with liberals turned radical than they can with fascists or extreme nationalists. That Rendell (A Demon in My View, Audio Reviews, LJ 5/1/93) skillfully reveals finally the instigators as NIMBYs, not tree huggers, takes some of the edge from the politics but still leaves a bad taste in the mouth of the listener. Recommended where British mysteries are popular.ÄPreston Hoffman, Connelly Springs, NC
One of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language ...
A writer whose work should be read by anyone who either enjoys a
brilliant mystery - or distinguished literature * Scott Turow *
The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time * Patricia Cornwell
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With immaculate control, Ruth Rendell builds a menacing crescendo
of tension and horror that keeps you guessing right up to the
brilliantly paced finale * Good Housekeeping *
Without doubt the most distinguished living writer of crime
stories... Ruth Rendell really makes the most of this
beautifully-imagined plot * Birmingham Post *
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