Inspector Wexford Books in Order
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Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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Buy on Amazon1964 · Ruth Rendell
From Doon with Death is the debut novel by Ruth Rendell, a classic in the crime genre. The story begins with the death of Margaret Parsons, a timid…
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Buy on Amazon1967 · Ruth Rendell
Wolf to the Slaughter is a 1967 novel by Ruth Rendell, the third book to feature Chief Inspector Wexford. Anita Margolis has vanished, with no body…
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Buy on Amazon1967 · Ruth Rendell
A New Lease of Death is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1967. It is the second entry in her Inspector Wexford series and…
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Buy on Amazon1969 · Ruth Rendell
The fourth book in the Chief Inspector Wexford series, originally published in 1969, follows the investigation of a man and his daughter who die in a…
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Buy on Amazon1970 · Ruth Rendell
When Elizabeth Nightingale was beaten to death, the case appeared simple. However, Detective Chief Inspector Wexford uncovered hidden tensions and…
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Buy on Amazon1971 · Ruth Rendell
The book features two Inspector Wexford stories published in 1972. The first involves the detective investigating the death of a young girl despite…
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Buy on Amazon1972 · Ruth Rendell
In a vast, gloomy, overgrown London cemetery, a girl is found murdered. She has no name, no friends, no possessions, and no past. Chief Inspector…
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Buy on AmazonSome Lie And Some Die (Wexford Collection)
1973 · Ruth Rendell
In spite of initial concerns, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham proceeds smoothly until a disfigured body is found in a nearby quarry. Inspector…
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Buy on Amazon1975 · Ruth Rendell
Most people would have screamed, but Mrs Hathall made no sound upon seeing her son's wife dead by violence. Chief Inspector Wexford can find no…
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Buy on Amazon1978 · Ruth Rendell
Chief Inspector Wexford erroneously reflects that criminals always take their holidays in August as he arrives home early one hot summer night.…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Ruth Rendell
Put on by Cunning is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell. It was first published in 1981 and is the 11th book in her series featuring…
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Buy on Amazon1983 · Ruth Rendell
A 1983 novel by Ruth Rendell in the Wexford series, in which Chief Inspector Wexford visits China, haunted by an old woman with bound feet, while a…
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Buy on Amazon1985 · Ruth Rendell
This novel by Ruth Rendell takes its title from the collective word for a group of ravens, birds that are not particularly predatory but also not…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Ruth Rendell
A woman's body was found between a silver Escort and a dark-blue Lancia in the Barringdean Shopping Centre. The body was hidden under a shroud of…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Ruth Rendell
Detective Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford stays cool under massive media attention as he investigates the stabbing death of celebrity writer Davina…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Ruth Rendell
Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham, and one of them is Dr. Raymond Akande, the town's new doctor. When his daughter, Melanie, goes…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Ruth Rendell
A la construction d'une route menaçant le grand bois de Framhust, les écologistes réagissent rapidement. Un groupe d'extrémistes kidnappe cinq…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Ruth Rendell
In Britain, a pedophile's house is burned by an angry mob when a girl disappears, the man having been recently released from jail. But Inspector…
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Buy on AmazonThe Babes in the Wood (Inspector Wexford)
2002 · Ruth Rendell
With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Ruth Rendell
The twentieth book to feature Chief Inspector Wexford, a classic crime-solving detective. A lump of concrete is dropped from a small stone bridge…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Ruth Rendell
Not in the Flesh is a 2007 novel by British crime writer Ruth Rendell. It is the 21st book in the Inspector Wexford series. The story follows…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Ruth Rendell
Chief Inspector Wexford is troubled by the return of Eric Targo, a man he has long suspected of stalking him and committing murders, including the…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Ruth Rendell
In this 2011 novel, when four bodies are discovered in the same underground sewer 12 years after the events of A Sight for Sore Eyes, former Chief…
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2012
“The heiress apparent to Agatha Christie.”—Los Angeles Times Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting ancient tombs and palaces with a group of…
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Buy on Amazon2013 · Ruth Rendell
Sarah Hussain, a female vicar, is found strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. Retired Chief Inspector Wexford tags along with the investigation,…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Inspector Wexford books in?
Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “From Doon with Death”.
How many books are in the Inspector Wexford series?
We list 26 books by Ruth Rendell , published between 1964–2013.
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