British 罪，犯罪 writer Ruth Rendell dies 老年の 85
LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - British 罪，犯罪 writer Ruth Rendell, best known as the creator of 探偵，刑事 長，指導者 視察官 Wexford, died in hospital on Saturday at the age of 85, her publisher said.
Rendell, the author of more than 60 best-selling novels, had 苦しむd a 厳しい 一打／打撃 in January.
"We are 荒廃させるd by the loss of one of our best loved authors, Ruth Rendell. Our thoughts are with her family," Penguin 無作為の House UK said in a 声明.
Rendell's first novel, "From Doon With Death", was published in 1964 and she since wrote several award-winning 調書をとる／予約するs, 含むing "A Demon in My 見解（をとる）" in 1976 and "Live Flesh" 10 years later. Last year, she published "The Girl Next Door".
Rendell's 作品, some written under the pen 指名する Barbara Vine, have been published in some 30 countries and many have been adapted for television and film.
In 1997, she took the 肩書を与える Baroness Rendell of Babergh after 存在 指名するd to the upper house of 議会, the House of Lords, for the 対立 労働 Party.
"Ruth Rendell was an 優れた and hugely popular 人物／姿／数字 in British literature and, for the last 18 years, served the 労働 Party in the House of Lords with 広大な／多数の／重要な 忠義 and passion," 労働 leader Ed Miliband said on Saturday.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Stephen Addison; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
