Ruth Rendell
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- (1930-2015) an English author of detective and mystery novels. Her main character is Chief Inspector Wexford, and her books include Wolf to the Slaughter (1967), Shake Hands Forever (1975), Road Rage (1997), Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2002) and No Man's Nightingale (2013). She also wrote under the name of Barbara Vine. Many of her books have been made into successful television series. She was made a life peer in 1977.