Die writer Ruth Rendell, author of best-selling thriller – Correio da Bahia

writer of best-selling suspense, the British Ruth Rendell, author of over 60 books, died yesterday at age 85, announced the publisher Penguin Random House. Often presented as one of the great ladies of the detective story and a worthy heir to Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell has been translated into more than 20 languages. Born in London in 1930, Ruth suffered a stroke in January and since then was hospitalized in critical condition. Gail Rebuck, president of the publishing house in the UK, said: “Ruth was much admired by the entire publishing industry for his brilliant work.” “An observer of insightful and elegant society, many of his thrillers pointed to the causes that deeply worried,” he added. Rendell was known for his psychological thrillers, so that lovers of the genre consider it renewed the style. The name of the writer is also associated with the success of the television adaptation of his work, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. The sensitive Inspector Reginald Wexford, character created by writer, appeared in his first novel and followed this in his books in more than five-decade career. In the series of 20 volumes with the inspector, she addressed several social issues such as domestic violence, racism or poverty. She began writing in journalism, which he left to be accused of “making up stories”, which was the impetus for discovery of his true calling. Member of the House of Lords, politically aligned to the left, Ruth

wrote his novels in the morning and in the afternoon analyzing bills and debating government policy.