Barbara Vine

Barbara Vine is the pen name of English author Ruth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, who died in 2015. Under the Vine name she wrote psychological thrillers that look closely at the backgrounds of criminals and their victims, a theme she developed beyond her Chief Inspector Wexford novels. Her Vine books include A Dark-adapted Eye, A Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet, all novels of crime and suspense.