Stand-alone novels, novellas + short stories
2017
- A Spot of Folly
- A short story collection
2015
- Dark Corners
- A stand-alone novel
2014
- The Girl Next Door
- A stand-alone novel
2013
- Archie and Archie
- A children's book
2012
- The Saint Zita Society
- A stand-alone novel
2010
- Tigerlily's Orchids
- A stand-alone novel
2009
- Midsummer Nights
- A short story collection
2008
- Portobello
- A stand-alone novel
2006
- The Thief
- A stand-alone novella
- The Water's Lovely
- A stand-alone novel
2004
- Thirteen Steps Down
- A stand-alone novel
2003
- The Rottweiler
- A stand-alone novel
2001
- Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
- A stand-alone novel
2000
- Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories
- A short story collection
1998
- A Sight for Sore Eyes
- A standalone novel
1996
- The Keys to the Street
- A stand-alone novel
1995
- Blood Lines
- A short story collection
1993
- The Crocodile Bird
- A stand-alone novel
1991
- The Copper Peacock
- A short story collection
1990
- Going Wrong
- A stand-alone novel
1989
- The Bridesmaid
- A stand-alone novel
1987
- Talking to Strange Men
- A stand-alone novel
- Heartstones
- A stand-alone novella
1986
- Live Flesh
- A stand-alone novel
1985
- The New Girlfriend and Other Stories
- A short story collection
1984
- The Tree of Hands
- A stand-alone novel
- The Killing Doll
- A stand-alone novel
1982
- The Fever Tree and Other Stories
- A short story collection
- Master of the Moor
- A stand-alone novel
1980
- The Lake of Darkness
- A stand-alone novel
1979
- Make Death Love Me
- A Ruth Rendell stand-alone novel
1977
- A Judgement in Stone
- A stand-alone novel
1976
- The Fallen Curtain and Other Stories
- A short story collection
- A Demon in My View
- A stand-alone novel
1974
- The Face of Trespass
- A stand-alone novel
1971
- One Across, Two Down
- A stand-alone novel
1968
- The Secret House of Death
- A stand-alone novel
1966
- Vanity Dies Hard
- A stand-alone novel
1965
- To Fear a Painted Devil
- A stand-alone novel