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Inspector Wexford Series

24 primary works • 26 total works
Reginald Wexford, a chief inspector in Sussex, England and his DI Mike Burden
(series is set in the fictional town of Kingsmarkham)

Book 1

From Doon With Death
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3.67 · 15280 Ratings · 995 Reviews · published 1964 · 84 editions
Dazzling psychological suspense. Razor-sharp dialo…

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    Book 2

    A New Lease of Death
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    3.63     · 3591 Ratings · 288 Reviews · published 1967 · 1 edition
    It's impossible to forget the violent bludgeoning …

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    Book 3

    Wolf to the Slaughter
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    3.65     · 3751 Ratings · 249 Reviews · published 1967 · 2 editions
    The third book to feature the classic crime-solvin…

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    Book 4

    The Best Man to Die
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    3.75     · 4755 Ratings · 233 Reviews · published 1969 · 3 editions
    Who could have suspected that the exciting stag pa…

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    Book 5

    A Guilty Thing Surprised
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    3.85     · 3730 Ratings · 189 Reviews · published 1970 · 77 editions
    She took a peaceful walk in the woods—and found de…

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    Book 6

    No More Dying Then
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    3.85     · 3319 Ratings · 189 Reviews · published 1971 · 2 editions
    What kind of a person would kidnap two children?

    Th…

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    Book 7

    Murder Being Once Done
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    3.87     · 3776 Ratings · 206 Reviews · published 1972 · 62 editions
    The seventh book to feature the classic crime-solv…

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    Book 8

    Some Lie and Some Die
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    3.74     · 3592 Ratings · 197 Reviews · published 1973 · 62 editions
    A mutilated body found at a rock festival.

    In spite…

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    Book 9

    Shake Hands Forever
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    3.85     · 3605 Ratings · 231 Reviews · published 1975 · 5 editions
    The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neat…

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    Book 10

    A Sleeping Life
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    3.82     · 3400 Ratings · 224 Reviews · published 1978 · 69 editions
    The middle-aged woman lying on the footpath is big…

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    Book 11

    Death Notes
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    3.76     · 2849 Ratings · 225 Reviews · published 1981 · 60 editions
    Sir Manuel Camargue, yesterday one of the most cel…

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    Book 12

    Speaker of Mandarin
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    3.78     · 3031 Ratings · 180 Reviews · published 1983 · 1 edition
    Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting anci…

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    Book 13

    An Unkindness of Ravens
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    3.72     · 5095 Ratings · 345 Reviews · published 1985 · 2 editions
    Rodney Williams's disappearance seems typical to C…

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    Book 14

    The Veiled One
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    3.88     · 4001 Ratings · 226 Reviews · published 1988 · 5 editions

    Chief Inspector Wexford, injured in a c…

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    Book 15

    Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
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    3.94     · 4200 Ratings · 203 Reviews · published 1991 · 80 editions
    Investigating the murder of a socialite family, In…

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    Book 16

    Simisola
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    3.82     · 4340 Ratings · 185 Reviews · published 1994 · 3 editions
    In the quiet Sussex country town of Kingsmarkham, …

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    Book 17

    Road Rage
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    3.81     · 3948 Ratings · 212 Reviews · published 1997 · 3 editions
    The woods outside of Kingsmarkham were lovely, dar…

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    Book 18

    Harm Done
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    3.80     · 3603 Ratings · 252 Reviews · published 1999 · 84 editions
    The search for the body commenced. Then the victim…

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    Book 19

    The Babes in the Wood
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    3.77     · 6350 Ratings · 363 Reviews · published 2002 · 65 editions
    With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmark…

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    Book 20

    End in Tears
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    3.58     · 4006 Ratings · 353 Reviews · published 2005 · 1 edition
    The award-winning author of Babes in the Woods and…

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    Book 21

    Not in the Flesh
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    3.63     · 4346 Ratings · 404 Reviews · published 2007 · 6 editions
    From the award-winning author and grand dame of Br…

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    Book 22

    The Monster in the Box
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    3.51     · 3498 Ratings · 430 Reviews · published 2009 · 45 editions
    The Monster in the Box takes Chief Inspector Wexfo…

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    Book 23

    The Vault
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    3.61     · 4139 Ratings · 539 Reviews · published 2011 · 10 editions
    The twenty-fourth book to feature the classic crim…

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    Book 24

    No Man's Nightingale
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    3.61     · 3654 Ratings · 510 Reviews · published 2013 · 48 editions
    A female vicar named Sarah Hussein is discovered s…

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    Book 13-14

    The Veiled One and An Unkindness of Ravens
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    4.10     · 279 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1988 · 2 editions
    The Veiled One: “Why on earth?” wonders London’s c…

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    Means of Evil and Other Stories
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    3.68     · 440 Ratings · 53 Reviews · published 1979 · 29 editions
    Here are five classic Wexford cases that display h…

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