Category Archives: Rendell, Ruth

‘The Monster in the Box’ is Ruth Rendell’s 22nd Inspector Wexford novel. This one involves Reg Wexford reminiscing about his past while solving his latest crime. In his early days as a policeman in the 1950s, Wexford met Eric Targo. … Continue reading →

‘Not in the Flesh’ is Ruth Rendell’s 21st Wexford novel and follows Wexford as he solves the murders of two long dead men. While truffle hunting with his dog in Grimble’s field, a man unearths a skeleton. Grimble’s field is … Continue reading →

‘Babes In The Wood’ is Ruth Rendell’s 19th Inspector Wexford novel and probably one of the best in the series so far. Katrina and Roger Dade have taken their first weekend away since before their children were born. A friend … Continue reading →

‘Harm Done’ is the 18th Ruth Rendell novel featuring Detective Reg Wexford and his companion Mike Burden and set in the fictional country village of Kingsmarkham. On two successive Saturday nights, a young woman is abducted only to be returned … Continue reading →

‘Road Rage’ is the 17th novel in the Inspector Wexford series by Ruth Rendell. A new bypass is planned around Kingsmarkham. It will destroy some of the woods which Reg Wexford and others love to walk in and destroy the … Continue reading →

‘Simisola’ is the 16th Inspector Wexford novel by Ruth Rendell and one of the main focuses of this novel is prejudice. Wexford’s doctor Raymond Arkande approaches Wexford because his 22 year old daughter Melanie has gone missing. The Arkandes are … Continue reading →

‘Kissing the Gunner’s Daughter’ is Ruth Rendell’s 15th book featuring Inspector Wexford and set in and around the fictional town of Kingsmarkham. Tancred House is a mansion set in a large wooded estate. It is currently owned by the famous … Continue reading →

‘The Veiled One’ is the 14th Inspector Wexford novel and probably the first time in the series that we have moved beyond old-fashioned stereotypes. This story is an excellent psychological thriller and kept the suspense going till the last page. … Continue reading →

‘An Unkindness of Ravens’ is Ruth Rendell’s 13th Inspector Wexford mystery and while I greatly preferred it to the previous book in the series – ‘The Speaker of Mandarin’, I still found it very dated and some of the social … Continue reading →