Kirkus Reviews, September 6, 2011
...tragedy, some heartache and some miscommunication—and, yes, death. It is also beautifully detailed, without a false note. The Vault Ruth Rendell Ex–Chief Inspector Wexford returns from retirement to solve a most unlikely case: the ...
Guardian.co.uk, August 30, 2011
...'It looks as if the NHS will gradually fade away' says crime writer and Labour peer Ruth Rendell It is no mystery that Lady [Ruth] Rendell is a prolific and pre-eminent crime writer, but what is perhaps less well known is her interest in ...
Darlington & Stockton Times, August 26, 2011
...Ruth Rendell talks to Hannah Stephenson about bringing Wexford out of retirement and why she has no intentions of giving up work herself. SHE may be 81, but Ruth Rendell remains ...
Guardian.co.uk, August 12, 2011
...Nikolaus Pevsner by Susie Harries, The Blue Book by AL Kennedy and The Vault by Ruth Rendell Few books have occasioned the contest of superlatives with which Susie Harries's Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life has been greeted. "A perfect blend of ...