Ruth Rendell
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.
Works
Valentin Valentin
In a small Parisian building, a diverse group of people crosses paths, likes and observes each other, without always seeing each other.
Release Date:2015-01-07
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:18
The New Girlfriend
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
Release Date:2014-10-11
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:296
13 Steps Down
Release Date:2012-08-13
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:7
Thirteen Steps Down
Mix Cellini is obsessed. And not just with the supermodel he's been stalking. He's also endlessly fascinated by the life of Reggie Christie, the infamous serial killer hanged fifty years ago.
Release Date:2012-08-13
Department:Writing
Job:Book
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:2
The Bridesmaid
A hard-working young man meets and falls in love with his sister's bridesmaid. He soon finds out how disturbed she really is.
Release Date:2004-11-17
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:44
A Sight for Sore Eyes
When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.
Release Date:2003-09-28
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:2
No Night Is Too Long
A chance meeting, a stolen kiss and a sudden flare of passion sets a handsome young university student on a journey of betrayal, heartbreak and murder.
Release Date:2002-12-27
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:35
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
When bestselling novelist Betty Fisher loses her young son in a tragic accident, her unstable mother resorts to unusual actions to alleviate Betty's grief, actions which set off a chain reaction among a promiscuous waitress and her criminal associates.
Release Date:2001-09-01
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:22
Live Flesh
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!
Release Date:1997-10-10
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:676
La Ceremonie
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
Release Date:1995-08-30
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:348
A Dark Adapted Eye
This psychological mystery/thriller, adapted from Barbara Vine aka Ruth Rendell's novel of the same name, depicts a family on the edge. Two sisters, the elder, obsessive Vera, and the younger, manipulative Eden, cut a path of secrecy and jealousy that leads to disaster.
Release Date:1994-01-02
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:7
A Dark Adapted Eye
This psychological mystery/thriller, adapted from Ruth Rendell's novel of the same name, depicts a family on the edge. Two sisters, the elder obsessive Vera, and the younger, manipulative Eden, cut a path of jealousy, murder and revenge that leads to the destruction of their entire family.
Release Date:1994-01-02
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Episode Count:2
Gallowglass
Gallowglass is a British television mini-series adaptation of the Ruth Rendell novel of the same name. It is an emotional story of obsessive love, lust and fear.
Release Date:1993-01-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:3
A Fatal Inversion
Adaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house from his great uncle, he and his friend Rufus decide to spend the summer there instead of abroad. An odd assortment of 'house guests' turns up through different means and it's an uneasy mix at best. A decade afterwards, the bodies of a young woman and an infant are discovered in the woods behind the house. As the police investigate, they naturally look to Adam as former owner of the house, and what happened all those years before starts to catch up with him.
Release Date:1992-05-10
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:5
From Doon with Death
Margaret Parsons, a fairly ordinary housewife who, with her water board official husband Ron, has recently moved to Kingsmarkham, is found murdered in a field. Mrs. Parsons led an extremely uneventful life, being a lay preacher, but Inspector Wexford is intrigued when he is looking through her belongings and fine a number of expensive antique books all inscribed 'From Doon to Minna'.Who is Doon?
Release Date:1991-11-10
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
A Demon in My View
A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.
Release Date:1991-09-23
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:1
Tree of Hands
A woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an ill-timed visit with her own remedies.
Release Date:1989-03-07
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
This Morning
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
Release Date:1988-10-03
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:21
Dead Lucky
Martin Urban, a young accountant, is gay but unwilling to own up to this fact because he desperately wants to be the ideal son for his parents. When he wins a fortune on the football pools, he decides to give half of it away to deserving people. But he neglects to include his friend Tim Sage, who filled in the coupon for him and really needs the money. Perhaps Martin doesn't acknowledge Tim because Martin is strongly sexually attracted to him. Tim's revenge upon Martin succeeds beyond his wildest dreams, setting in motion a chain of events leading to a tragic climax.
Release Date:1988-01-17
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:1
An Affair in Mind
A young novelist falls for a married blond beauty. She's too afraid to leave her thuggish husband and the idea of "accidental" death comes up. The writer doesn't go through with it and they break off. However, she's not done with him yet.
Release Date:1988-01-05
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:3
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.
Release Date:1987-08-02
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Episode Count:79
Vote Count:10
A Judgment in Stone
An English woman, psychotic and sexually repressed, murders her sadistic father, then moves to America. She soon secures a job as a maid for a wealthy family. Soon her severe psychosis and her attempts to keep her sexuality from asserting itself combine to cause trouble for all concerned.
Release Date:1986-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:3
Tales of the Unexpected
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
Release Date:1979-03-24
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:43
Diary of the Dead
An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relieve himself of the old bat, which tangles him in a maze of deception.
Release Date:1976-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:7