Order of Inspector Wexford Books
Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels by British author Ruth Rendell. The character has appeared in a television series where he was played by George Baker.
The Inspector Wexford series began in 1964 with From Doon With Death. Below is a list of the Inspector Wexford books by Ruth Rendell in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Wexford Books
| From Doon With Death | (1964) |    |
| Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death | (1967) | |
| Wolf to the Slaughter | (1967) | |
| The Best Man to Die | (1969) | |
| A Guilty Thing Surprised | (1970) | |
| No More Dying Then | (1971) | |
| Murder Being Once Done | (1972) | |
| Some Lie and Some Die | (1973) | |
| Shake Hands Forever | (1975) | |
| A Sleeping Life | (1978) | |
| Death Notes / Put On By Cunning | (1981) | |
| Speaker of Mandarin | (1983) | |
| An Unkindness of Ravens | (1985) | |
| The Veiled One | (1988) | |
| Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | (1992) | |
| Simisola | (1994) | |
| Road Rage | (1997) | |
| Harm Done | (1999) | |
| The Babes in the Wood | (2002) | |
| End in Tears | (2005) | |
| Not in the Flesh | (2007) | |
| The Monster in the Box | (2009) | |
| The Vault | (2011) | |
| No Man's Nightingale | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Inspector Wexford Collections Books
| Means of Evil | (1979) | |
Notes: A New Lease of Death is also known as The Sins of the Fathers. Put on by Cunning is also known as Death Notes.