Inspector Wexford


Chief Inspector Reginald "Reg" Wexford is a recurring character in a series of detective novels by English crime writer Ruth Rendell. He made his first appearance in the author's 1964 debut From Doon With Death, and has since been the protagonist of 23 more novels. In The Ruth Rendell Mysteries he was played by George Baker.

Character

In a 2013 interview, Rendell stated:
Wexford is a Liberal Democrat though, and I am a Labour party member, in fact a Labour peer, so I am further to the left than him.

Wexford is an intelligent, sensitive man. He has a placid wife, Dora, and two daughters, Sheila and Sylvia. He has a good relationship with Sheila but a difficult relationship with Sylvia. He also has a strong friendship with DI Mike Burden.

Setting

The Wexford series of novels are set in "Kingsmarkham", a fictional town in Sussex. Kingsmarkham has been reported as "inspired by Midhurst in West Sussex".

Novels

  1. From Doon with Death
  2. A New Lease of Death
  3. Wolf to the Slaughter
  4. The Best Man to Die
  5. A Guilty Thing Surprised
  6. No More Dying Then
  7. Murder Being Done Once
  8. Some Lie And Some Die
  9. Shake Hands Forever
  10. A Sleeping Life
  11. Put on By Cunning
  12. The Speaker of Mandarin
  13. An Unkindness of Ravens
  14. The Veiled One
  15. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
  16. Simisola
  17. Road Rage
  18. Harm Done
  19. The Babes in the Wood
  20. End in Tears
  21. Not in the Flesh
  22. The Monster in the Box
  23. The Vault
  24. No Man's Nightingale