R.I.P. Ruth Rendell

[sr71plt]

Another leader in the British detective mystery novel genre dies at 91. Author of the Reginald Wexford series.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/b...ho-thrilled-and-educated-dies-at-85.html?_r=0

 

[slyc_willie]

I've read Live Flesh and Talking To Strange Men, and liked both. Funny that I don't think I've ever read any of her Wexford novels.

By the way, Google listed her age at death as 85, not 91.

 

[sr71plt]

I've read Live Flesh and Talking To Strange Men, and liked both. Funny that I don't think I've ever read any of her Wexford novels.

By the way, Google listed her age at death as 85, not 91.

You're right. 85. I had P.D. James in mind--who also died recently and was close to Rendell both personally and in genre.

 

[slyc_willie]

Yeah, two great writers gone. But they both left a lot to be remembered by.

 

[Handley_Page]

Yeah, two great writers gone. But they both left a lot to be remembered by.

She left a large body of work, including that of Barbara Vine.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I don't think either of them wrote a single story on Lit. Parasitic drones, the pair of them.

 

[lovecraft68]

I don't think either of them wrote a single story on Lit. Parasitic drones, the pair of them.

Not only did they not write here, but I heard they posted all over the boards as alts, freeloading off all the money the writers make here.

 

[sr71plt]

I don't think either of them wrote a single story on Lit. Parasitic drones, the pair of them.

I'm pretty sure neither one of them posted silly, empty blather on the Lit. forums either.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I'm pretty sure neither one of them posted silly, empty blather on the Lit. forums either.

I bow to your expertise in such matters, sir.

 

[sr71plt]

I bow to your expertise in such matters, sir.

That's nice.

 

[Handley_Page]

I don't think either of them wrote a single story on Lit. Parasitic drones, the pair of them.

She didn't need to.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

I've read Live Flesh and Talking To Strange Men, and liked both. Funny that I don't think I've ever read any of her Wexford novels.

By the way, Google listed her age at death as 85, not 91.

She used to use the name Barbara Vine for her great non-Wexford novels.

She put all her writing under the name Ruth Rendell but it is a tad eclectic. Wexford is a great detective but also highlights his family life. More than usual.

You have all missed the death of Reginald Hill, to my mind the best UK detective writer. For non-crime stories try, 'There are no ghosts in the Soviet Union. Exquisite