{"id":200,"date":"2008-01-28T12:54:28","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T17:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/ruth-rendell-timeless.html"},"modified":"2008-01-28T12:54:28","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T17:54:28","slug":"ruth-rendell-timeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/ruth-rendell-timeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Rendell…. Timeless…."},"content":{"rendered":"

This doesn’t happen very often… but when it does, it is something I think about… I am listening to the same author on my audio as I am (actually) reading. That, to me, shows me just how much I enjoy an author. I can probably count the times that has happened to an even dozen<\/strong> times, or even less<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

The part that amazes me so much is that I am actually reading my first Inspector Wexford novel! <\/strong> I have read nine of Ruth Rendell’s<\/a> (aka Barbara Vine’s) novels, but for some reason, not one of her Wexford books. So, over the weekend, when I had a real hankering for a classic cozy<\/strong>, I went through my MANY TBR (To Be Read) novels, and pulled out several authors: Agatha Christie<\/a>, Heron Carvic<\/a>, Ruth Rendell, Gladys Mitchell<\/a>, P. D. James<\/a>, Patricia Moyes<\/a>, and even two romantic-classic cozy authors: Victoria Holt<\/a> and Rae Foley<\/a>. [I even pulled an E. V. Cunningham<\/a> (aka Howard Fast) novel out… I haven’t read one of his books in a very long while!] I wasn’t quite sure which one I wanted to begin my "classic" cozy quest with, but, after looking at the information that each book’s cover\/flap gave… I thought: What better time to start the Wexford novels!?!<\/p>\n

And, I have NOT been disappointed!<\/p>\n

What I really find interesting is how an author like Rendell has written books starting in the early 1960s all the way into the 2000s. I know that there are many authors who are able to span that many years, but, it always interests me when I find an author who can do it… and who does it so well that the books at both ends of the time span are equally good!<\/p>\n

So, now that I know this, I won’t limit my Ruth Rendell reading enjoyment to just her latest books. Wow! I have a limitless number of Rendell’s work from which to choose!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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