There are 24 books in the Inspector Wexford series. The newest book is No Man's Nightingale which came out in 2013.

1
From Doon with Death

From Doon with Death
When Margaret Parsons disappears, Inspector Burden tries to reassure her frantic husband that she will be back by morning. Privately, though, he is certain Margaret has run off with another man. But then the missing woman's body is found, strangled and abandoned in a nearby wood. And when Mr. Parsons…
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2
A New Lease of Death

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Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this mesmerising and bone-chilling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. You'll be hooked from page one!

'If crime fiction is currently in rude good health, its practitioners striving to better the craft and keep…

3
Wolf To The Slaughter

Wolf To The Slaughter
Anita Margolis has vanished. There was no body, no crime - nothing more concrete than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith. According to headquarters, it wasn't to be considered a murder enquiry at all. Inspector Burden had no trouble in seeing a pattern in the Margolis case.…

4
The Best Man to Die

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Another magnificently gripping and compelling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell full of twists and turns and the odd red herring! An absolute must for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.

'The mistress of Mystery' -- Daily Mirror
'The Wexford books clearly…

5
A Guilty Thing Surprised

A Guilty Thing Surprised

In A Guilty Thing Surprised, multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell has created a thriller so taut and tense and full of twists and turns, you'll be gripped from page one. An absolute must for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.

'Ruth Rendell is…

6
No More Dying Then

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What kind of a person would kidnap two children?

That is the question that haunts Wexford when a five-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl disappear from the village of Kingsmarkham. When a child's body turns up at an abandoned country home one search turns into a murder investigation and the…

7
Murder Being Once Done

Murder Being Once Done

Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this compelling and captivating mystery from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Full of twists, turns and tension, it will get right under the skin and keep you hooked from page one...!

'The most brilliant mystery…

8
Some Lie and Some Die

Some Lie and Some Die
Part of a new series of paperbacks designed as a collector's set in which Wexford investigates the death of Dawn Stonor and her link with a pop star. Rendell won the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger for her novel "A Demon in My View" and an Edgar Award for her…

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Shake Hands Forever

Shake Hands Forever

From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, Shake Hands For Ever is a taut and tense story of obsession, love and greed. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon, this is a page-turner you won't be able to put down...

'The most brilliant…

10
A Sleeping Life

A Sleeping Life

Death is always solitary. For some, so is life . . . Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this enthralling mystery of deception, doubt and death from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell ...

'Probably the greatest crime writer in the world'…

11
Put on by Cunning

Put on by Cunning
Sir Manuel Carmargue, one of the greatest flautists of his time, was dead. Misadventure. An old man, ankle-deep in snow, he lost his foothold in the dark, slipping into the water to be trapped under a lid of ice. Only a glove remained to point to where he lay, one…

12
Speaker of Mandarin

Speaker of Mandarin

Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this gripping crime thriller full of twists and turns from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell.

'The most brilliant mystery writer' -- Patricia Cornwell
'Probably the greatest crime writer in the world' -- Ian Rankin
'Totally…

13
An Unkindness of Ravens

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Rodney Williams's disappearance seems typical to Chief Inspector Wexford -- a simple case of a man running off with a woman other than his wife. But when another woman reports that her husband is missing, the case turns unpleasantly complex.

14
The Veiled One

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Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this mesmerising and bone-chilling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. You'll be hooked from page one!

'As sharp, observant and intelligent as ever' -- Sunday Express
'A dark, gripping novel permeated with unease and…

15
Kissing the Gunner's Daughter

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Completely captivating, this is a spine-tingling page-turner of a mystery from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon.

'The most brilliant mystery novelist' -- Patricia Cornwell
'Psychologically acute and extremely disturbing, Ruth Rendell's work is outstanding' --…

16
Simisola

Simisola

This fast-paced, pulse-pounding thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell is perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon. With its climax of stunning unexpectedness, you'll be gripped to the very last page...

'The Wexford books clearly display Rendell's great mastery of storytelling…

17
Road Rage

Road Rage

Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this utterly compelling and captivating thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Full of suspense, this will have you hooked from page one...

'With immaculate control, Ruth Rendell builds a menacing crescendo of tension and…

18
Harm Done

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The search for the body commenced. Then the victim walked into town.

Behind the picture-postcard façade of Kingsmarkham lies a community rife with violence, betrayal, and a taste for vengeance. When sixteen-year-old Lizzie Cromwell reappears no one knows where she has been, including Lizzie herself. Inspector Wexford thinks she was…

19
The Babes in the Wood

The Babes in the Wood

The nineteenth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

'A woman phoned to say she and her husband went to Paris for the weekend, leaving their children with a - well, teen-sitter, I suppose, got back last night to find the lot gone and naturally she assumes…

20
End in Tears

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The twentieth book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The young woman in the car behind is spared. But only for a while...

A few weeks later,…

21
Not in the Flesh

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The twenty-first book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something slightly less savoury - a human hand.

The corpse, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped…

22
The Monster in the Box

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The twenty-second book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

Wexford had almost made up his mind that he would never again set eyes on Eric Targo's short, muscular figure. And yet there he was, back in Kingsmarkham, still with that cocky, strutting walk.

Years earlier, when Wexford…

23
The Vault

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INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS

In the stunning climax to Rendell’s classic 1998 novel A Sight for Sore Eyes, three bodies—two dead, one living—are entombed in an underground chamber beneath a picturesque London house. Twelve years later, the house’s new owner pulls back a manhole cover,…

24
No Man's Nightingale

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No Man's Nightingale: the eagerly anticipated twenty-fourth title in Ruth Rendell's bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.

The woman vicar of St Peter's Church may not be popular among the community of Kingsmarkham. But it still comes as a profound shock when she is found strangled in her vicarage.

Inspector…