The Best of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Recipient of fifteen awards including a CBE, Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence and a multiple recipient of the coveted Golden Dagger Award for Fiction Ruth Rendell is widely acknowledged as a crime writer par excellence and being instrumental in raising the bar in crime fiction.

These highly popular TV adaptations star George Baker as Inspector Wexford in three of his most famous mysteries. Featuring dramatic adaptations from Trevor Preston, Julian Bond, Alan Plater and Peter J. Hammond, this set also features memorable performances from Colin Firth, Peter Egan, Leslie Phillips, Sylvia Sims, Amanda Redman, Keith Barron, Susannah York, Robert Urquhart, Ronald Pickup, Kate Buffery, John Castle, Janet Suzman, Edward Hardwicke, Christopher Ravenscroft and Diane Keen.

Adaptations featured in this set:

Master of the Moor
You Can't Be Too Careful
Vanity Dies Hard
The Orchard Walls
Simisola
The Fallen Curtain
The Secret House of Death
A Case of Coincidence
The Double
A Dark Blue Perfume
Bribery and Corruption
May and June
Front Seat
Going Wrong
Road Rage
The Lake of Darkness
Harm Done