The Rendell/Vine partnership has for years been producing consistently better work than most Booker winners put together
Ian Rankin
Barbara Vine is Ruth Rendell letting rip
Daily Telegraph
A superb and original writer
Amanda Craig, Express
Slick
Financial Times
Again a great read from a master of the story-telling process
Irish Times
Packed with menace and the threat of exposure. One of Rendell's most complex plots.
The Independent
Her Barbara Vine novels allow [Ruth Rendell] to retain her title as Britain's pre-eminent psychological thriller. A suspenseful and chilling tale
The Observer
Characters are intensely imagined and far from the usual uncomplicated stereotypes of victims and perpetrators. An experience that is both fearful and satisfying
The Sunday Times
A strong creation
Telegraph.co.uk
Riveting and only too plausible account of the downfall of a politician. Brilliant narrative voice. An unsurpassed portrait of a character suffering from low self-esteem, mild paranoia and gradual mental deterioration.
The Daily Mail
Oddly exhilarating and liberating. Truly, Baroness Rendell of Babergh is an original talent.
The Evening Standard
Slick
Financial Times
Again a great read from a master of the story-telling process
Irish Times
Packed with menace and the threat of exposure. One of Rendell's most complex plots.
The Independent
Her Barbara Vine novels allow [Ruth Rendell] to retain her title as Britain's pre-eminent psychological thriller. A suspenseful and chilling tale
The Observer
Characters are intensely imagined and far from the usual uncomplicated stereotypes of victims and perpetrators. An experience that is both fearful and satisfying
The Sunday Times
A strong creation
Telegraph.co.uk
Riveting and only too plausible account of the downfall of a politician. Brilliant narrative voice. An unsurpassed portrait of a character suffering from low self-esteem, mild paranoia and gradual mental deterioration.
The Daily Mail
Oddly exhilarating and liberating. Truly, Baroness Rendell of Babergh is an original talent.
The Evening Standard
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Barbara Vine was the pen-name of Ruth Rendell, and Viking published all of her books under that name.
Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, with worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, and regular Sunday Times bestsellers.
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.