Order of Inspector Wexford Books
Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford serves as the central character in British author Ruth Rendell's acclaimed detective fiction series. This beloved investigator was brought to life on screen in a television adaptation, with actor George Baker portraying the memorable detective.
Rendell launched the Inspector Wexford series in 1964 with the debut novel From Doon With Death. The following list presents all Inspector Wexford books by Ruth Rendell arranged by their original publication dates, which corresponds to their chronological sequence:
Notes: A New Lease of Death is published under the alternate title The Sins of the Fathers. Put on by Cunning is also published as Death Notes.
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  From Doon With Death | 1964 | |
| 1 |  Means of Evil | 1979 | |
| 2 |  Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death | 1967 | |
| 3 |  Wolf to the Slaughter | 1967 | |
| 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 | 1978 | |
| 11 |  Death Notes / Put On By Cunning | 1981 | |
| 12 |  Speaker of Mandarin | 1983 | |
| 13 |  An Unkindness of Ravens | 1985 | |
| 14 |  The Veiled One | 1988 | |
| 15 |  Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | 1992 | |
| 16 |  Ginger and the Kingsmarkham | 1992 | |
| 17 |  Simisola | 1994 | |
| 18 |  Road Rage | 1997 | |
| 19 |  Harm Done | 1999 | |
| 20 |  The Babes in the Wood | 2002 | |
| 21 |  End in Tears | 2005 | |
| 22 |  Not in the Flesh | 2007 | |
| 23 |  The Monster in the Box | 2009 | |
| 24 |  The Vault | 2011 | |
| 25 |  No Man's Nightingale | 2013 |