Category Archives: Ruth Rendell

2016: The Favourites as Reading Bingo

Posted on January 1, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

One of my favourite bloggers is once again challenging people to play Reading Bingo and another blogging pal has already played the game. Feeling a little left out I thought I would see how many of the 25 squares I could … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Amanda Ortlepp (Aus), books of the year, David Owen (Aus), Denise Mina, Doug Johnstone, E.M. Channon, Elly Griffiths, Emily Arsenault, Emily Maguire (Aus), Emma Viskic (Aus), Hans Olav Lahlum, Helen Garner (Aus), Hideo Yokoyama, Jane Harper (Aus), Jock Serong (Aus), Karin Fossum, Larry D. Sweazy, Lou Berney, Melina Marchetta (Aus), Mickey Spillane, Olga Lorenzo (Aus), Ruth Rendell, Shamini Flint, Sulari Gentill (Aus) | 13 Comments

Books of the month: April 2016

Posted on May 1, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

Pick of the month Part of me wants to award Hideo Yokoyama’s SIX FOUR book of the month status as it felt like such an achievement to finish it and the last 100 or so pages were very satisfying. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Aiofe Clifford (Aus), Allen Eskens, Amanda Ortlepp (Aus), Arthur Upfield, books of the month, Ellery Adams, Hideo Yokoyama, Karin Fossum, Ruth Rendell | 8 Comments

Book vs Adaptation: ROAD RAGE by Ruth Rendell

Posted on April 24, 2016 by bernadetteinoz

The book I have a somewhat hit or miss relationship with the writings of Ruth Rendell (and her pseudonyms) which is in part, at least, to do with the time of life during which I was introduced to her rather than any real … Continue reading →

Posted in book vs adaptation, Ruth Rendell | 12 Comments

Books of the month: March 2015

Posted on April 1, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

Pick of the month Both the quality and quantity of my reading slipped a bit during March, primarily for workload reasons. That pesky day job really does get in the way of a good hobby. Still difficult to pick a … Continue reading →

Posted in Anne Buist (Aus), books of the month, Dick Francis, Eva Dolan, Harry Bingham, Katherine Howell (Aus), Philippe Georget, Robert Gott (Aus), Ruth Rendell | 15 Comments

#1967Book – Ruth Rendell’s A NEW LEASE OF DEATH

Posted on March 11, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

I rather glibly suggested 1967 for this month’s Past Offences classics challenge because it is the year of my birth. The disconcerting aspect of having books written the year I was born considered classics didn’t hit me until later. Eh … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, England, Ruth Rendell | Tagged | 26 Comments

Books of the Month – October 2011

Posted on November 3, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I didn’t manage a lot of reviewing in October but was lucky enough to have a couple of 5-star reads which means Book of the month is a difficult choice so I’m not going to make it. Tom Franklin‘s Crooked Letter, Crooked … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice LaPlante, Arnaldur Indriðason, Barry Maitland (Aus), books of the month, Camilla Lackberg, Carolyn Morwood (Aus), Dan Waddell, Daphne Du Maurier, Denise Mina, John Lawton, Jussi Adler-Olsen, list, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, Nicole Watson (Aus), Ruth Rendell, S J Bolton, Tom Franklin, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 9 Comments

Review: The Vault by Ruth Rendell

Posted on October 10, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I’ve written before of my teenage self’s rejection of Ruth Rendell’s Inspector Wexford series and my subsequent luke warm appreciation of the books, but last year I rather enjoyed book 22 of the series, The Monster in the Box, though I … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, England, Ruth Rendell | 10 Comments

Crime Fiction Alphabet: E is for Environment

Posted on February 8, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I’m probably more sympathetic to environmental themes than the average reader (I’ve voted Green more than once in my life) but even so I hate being lectured to or preached at. However there are some crime fiction gems among all … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Hiaasen, Clare Francis, Crime Fiction Alphabet, G M Ford, list, Randy Wayne White, Ruth Rendell, William Deverell | 6 Comments

Review: The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell

Posted on September 27, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

I wrote last year of my teenage self’s rejection of Ruth Rendell’s Inspector Wexford series and my subsequent luke warm appreciation of the books, but when the audio book of The Monster in the Box (the 22nd book in the series) was … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, England, Ruth Rendell | 5 Comments

My history with Wexford (or timing is everything)

Posted on July 28, 2009 by bernadetteinoz

Back in the mid-80’s when I started to look for crime fiction as an adult reader I was a rather strident young university student taking, among my other studies, a course entitled Women in Politics. From memory it covered a … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, England, rant or rave, Ruth Rendell | 6 Comments