The son of detective novelist Ruth Rendell has expressed hope that more of her works will be adapted into major television and film projects.
Rendell, born in 1930 in South Woodford, east London, wrote more than 75 novels under both her real name and the pseudonym Barbara Vine before she died in 2015.
She lived for a time in Polstead, near Hadleigh in Suffolk, and according to her son, Simon Rendell, she loved the place.
Simon, who now lives in Denver, Colorado, US, said he hoped future generations would be able to see her work on the big screen.
«"I'm hoping for a feature film or another series to come out on Netflix, but nothing like that has come out yet," he said.
«Although, it would seem, there is plenty of room for new detective films, and we would be very happy about that.».
He added: "We must remember that Agatha Christie died in 1983, but new works continue to be published.".
«"My mother is only 11 years old, so people need to be patient because it takes a long time to write, film and finance these shows.".
«"So we should see what happens, and it would be good for future generations.".
In 1997, Rendell was created a Labour life peer as Baroness Rendell of Babergh. [Getty Images]
Rendell is best known for her highly successful Inspector Wexford series of detective and crime novels.
She is often credited with bringing a social and psychological dimension to detective fiction.
Several of her works have been adapted for television, including an ITV series about Wexford, starring George Baker as the inspector, which ran from 1987 to 2000.
Rendell and her husband Don have lived in different parts of Suffolk for 30 years.
Simon says their Polstead home, called Nusted, partly inspired her novel Fatal Inversion, which is set in a Suffolk country house and involves a murder that took place during the long, hot summer of 1976.
There are many streets in the county named after Rendell, such as Rendell Crescent and Wexford Way in Bury St Edmunds.
Rendell's house in Polstead inspired her novel Fatal Inversion [Getty Images].
«"She loved to walk and she loved to wander along country roads and paths," Simon said.
«"She always loved to play sports and was very healthy for her age.".
«"She loved the Suffolk sky, the pink Suffolk sky, and the architecture, the farmhouses, many of them painted Suffolk pink.".
Later, in 1997, having received a life membership of the House of Lords from the Labour Party, and due to her husband's illness, she moved to London.
She suffered a stroke in January 2015 and died in London in May of that year.
Both her and Don's ashes were buried at St. Bartholomew's Church in Groton, near Sudbury, where they also lived.
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Rendell's ashes are buried with those of her husband.