Ruth Rendell

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Ruth Rendell (Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction)

Principal Series

Inspector Reginald Wexford, 1964-.

Principal Series Characters

Chief Detective Inspector Reginald Wexford of Scotland Yard is a lifelong resident of Kingsmarkham, Sussex. He knows his fellow residents as well as the literary works to which he frequently alludes. Fifty-two at his first appearance, he is happily married to Dora Wexford and devoted to their two adult daughters. His sensitivity to human motivations enables him to solve the most complex mysteries.

Detective Inspector Mike Burden, Wexford’s subordinate and friend, is twenty...

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