Shake Hands for Ever (Ruth Rendell)

Wexford knows Robert Hathall killed his wife - but he can't prove it.

The Bridesmaid (Ruth Rendell)

What was a nice boy doing with a girl like that?

A Demon in My View (Ruth Rendell)

Meet your friendly neighbourhood psychopath.

The Face of Trespass (Ruth Rendell)

He ended the affair when she wanted him to kill her husband. But he still longs for her…

Live Flesh (Ruth Rendell)

Live Flesh is one of Rendell's "dark" novels about dysfunctional people. Victor Jenner is a serial rapist and a violent psychopath.

To Fear a Painted Devil (Ruth Rendell)

Ruth Rendell in waspish mood.

Make Death Love Me (Ruth Rendell)

A bank clerk finds freedom of a sort after a robbery.

The House of Stairs (Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine)

Beauty, infatuation, jealousy, generosity, and betrayal collide in Ruth Rendell / Barbara Vine's novel of murder remembered.

The Keys to the Street (Ruth Rendell)

Hot tramp sex in Regent's Park!

A Dark-Adapted Eye (Ruth Rendell as Barbara Vine)

Vera Hillyard has been hanged for the murder of her sister Eden. How and why remains obscure until the end of this soporific crime novel.