Inspector Wexford

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Chief Inspector Reginald 'Reg' Wexford is the popular fictional character created by novelist Ruth Rendell, and is protagonist of 21 of her bestselling novels. Wexford (and Rendell) debuted in 1964 with the publication of From Doon With Death. It was the first in one of the most popular and long-running detective series of recent times. Wexford was played in the acclaimed TV series of the same name by British actor George Baker. Wexford made his 21th appearance in Rendell's latest novel, Not in the Flesh (2007).

Reg Wexford is married to Dora, with whom he has two daughters, Sheila and Sylvia. All often feature in the series (perhaps most notably in the novel Road Rage, in which Dora is taken hostage by a group of environmental activists protesting the construction of Kingsmarkham bypass). Wexford works alongside Detective Mike Burden. His nephew, a Superintendent, also features in a couple of the books.

[edit] Novels

1. From Doon With Death (1964)
2. Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)
3. A New Lease of Death (1969)
4. The Best Man to Die (1969)
5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
6. No More Dying Then (1971)
7. Murder Being Once Done (1972)
8. Some Lie And Some Die (1973)
9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)
10. A Sleeping Life (1979)
11. Put on By Cunning (1981)
12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
14. The Veiled One (1988)
15. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992)
16. Simisola (1994)
17. Road Rage (1997)
18. Harm Done (1999)
19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)
20. End in Tears (2005)
21. Not in the Flesh (2007)

[edit] Movie adaptions

1. Wolf to the Slaughter (1987)
2. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1988)
3. Shake Hands Forever (1988)
4. No Crying He Makes (1988)
5. No More Dying Then (1989)
6. A Sleeping Life (1989)
7. The Veiled One (1989)
8. Some Lie and Some Die (1990)
9. The Best Man to Die (1990)
10. An Unkindness of Ravens (1990)
11. Put on by Cunning (1990)
12. A New Lease of Death (1990)
13. Murder Being Once Done (1991)
14. From Doon with Death (1991)
15. Means of Evil (1991)
16. Achilles Heel (1991)
17. An Unwanted Woman (1992)
18. The Speaker of Mandarin (1992)
19. The Mouse in the Corner (1992)
20. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992)
21. Simisola (1996)
22. Road Rage (1998)
23. Harm Done (2000)

[edit] External links

• Inspector Wexford starring George Baker and Christopher Ravenscroft.