Ruth Rendell
42) The Minotaur
A nurse is enlisted to care for the mysterious patriarch of a country estate in this "elegant and gripping" novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (The Washington Post).
No sooner does young Swedish nurse Kerstin Kvist arrive for her live-in position at Lydstep Old Hall, an isolated estate deep in the Essex countryside, than she's warned: "There's madness in the family." Specifically, it's that of
"The grand dame of British crime fiction" (Gazette), author Ruth Rendell is known for her brilliantly composed tales of human drama. In the psychological thriller Tigerlily's Orchids, Stuart Font throws a housewarming party in his flat and generously invites the entire building. But the pleasant gathering takes on a deadly tinge when the beautiful but reclusive Asian woman living across the hall—who Stuart calls Tigerlily—casts a spell
...The Monster in the Box is the latest addition to Ruth Rendell's classic and beguiling Inspector Wexford series. In this enthralling new book, Rendell, "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world" (Time), takes Inspector Wexford back to his days as a young policeman, and to the man he has long suspected of murder - serial murder. Outside the house where Wexford investigated his first murder case - a woman found strangled in her bedroom
...49) Portobello
Walking to the shops one day, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued...
There hadn't been anything like this kind of rain in living memory. The River Brede had burst its banks, and not a single house in the valley had escaped flooding. Even where Wexford lived, higher up in Kingsmarkham, the waters had nearly reached the mulberry tree in his once immaculate garden. The Subaqua Task Force could find no trace of Giles and Sophie Dade, let alone the woman who was keeping them company, Joanna Troy. But Mrs. Dade was still
...Ruth Rendell's impeccable credentials as a mystery writer include three Edgar Awards, four Gold Daggers, and a Diamond Dagger. In The St. Zita Society, the posh London street of Hexam Place might appear as any other, but under the surface lurks a hotbed of intrigue and deceit. So when a murder occurs, the illicit affairs and strained master-servant relations provide all manner of suspects.
52) Heartstones
Discover a world of heroes and villains, suspense and intrigue. This riveting and comprehensive collection brings together some of the best crime writing of all time. Ruth Rendell and Frances Hegarty spearhead the modern genre, moving through the popular and rarely recorded Graham Greene, to Edgar Wallace and G.K. Chesterton and his master detective Father Brown. And that's not all.
Stories included:
Loopy by Ruth Rendell,...