Wolf to the Slaughter

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Wolf to the Slaughter
Arrow paperback edition (1982)
Author	Ruth Rendell
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Inspector Wexford #2
Genre(s)	Crime / Mystery novel
Publisher	John Long Publishing
Publication date	1967
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages	184 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-09-084850-0
Preceded by	Vanity Dies Hard
Followed by	A New Lease of Death

Wolf to the Slaughter is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1967. It is the 2nd book in the popular Inspector Wexford series.

[edit] Plot summary

Anita Margolis had 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. Chief Inspector Wexford, however, had other ideas.

v • d • e Ruth Rendell — The Inspector Wexford Novels From Doon with Death • Wolf to the Slaughter • A New Lease of Death • The Best Man to Die • A Guilty Thing Surprised • No More Dying Then • Murder Being Once Done • Some Lie and Some Die • Shake Hands Forever • A Sleeping Life • Put on by Cunning • The Speaker of Mandarin • An Unkindness of Ravens • The Veiled One • Kissing the Gunner's Daughter • Simisola • Road Rage • Harm Done • The Babes in the Wood • End in Tears • Not in the Flesh