Wolf to the Slaughter

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Wolf to the Slaughter
First edition (UK)
Author	Ruth Rendell
Language	English
Series	Inspector Wexford #3
Genre	Crime / Mystery novel
Publisher	John Long Ltd UK The Crime Club (US)
Publication date	1967
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages	184 pp
ISBN	0-09-084850-0
OCLC	457673
LC Class	PZ4.R4132 Wo PR6068.E63
Preceded by	A New Lease of Death
Followed by	The Best Man to Die

Wolf to the Slaughter is a novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1967. It is the third book in the popular Inspector Wexford series.^[1] A mini-series adapted from the novel was produced by Television South in 1987.^[2]

References

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^ "Wolf to the Slaughter (Inspector Wexford, #3)". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ Davies, John (2 August 1987), Wolf to the Slaughter: Part One, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, retrieved 25 February 2024

v t e Ruth Rendell
Inspector Wexford novels	From Doon with Death A New Lease of Death Wolf to the Slaughter 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 The Monster in the Box The Vault No Man's Nightingale
Stand-alone novels	To Fear a Painted Devil Vanity Dies Hard The Secret House of Death One Across, Two Down The Face of Trespass A Demon in My View A Judgement in Stone Make Death Love Me The Lake of Darkness Master of the Moor The Killing Doll The Tree of Hands Live Flesh Heartstones Talking to Strange Men The Bridesmaid Going Wrong The Crocodile Bird The Keys to the Street A Sight for Sore Eyes Adam and Eve and Pinch Me The Rottweiler Thirteen Steps Down The Thief The Water's Lovely Portobello Tigerlily's Orchids The Saint Zita Society The Girl Next Door Dark Corners
As Barbara Vine	A Dark-Adapted Eye A Fatal Inversion The House of Stairs Gallowglass King Solomon's Carpet Asta's Book No Night is Too Long The Brimstone Wedding The Chimney Sweeper's Boy Grasshopper The Blood Doctor The Minotaur The Birthday Present The Child's Child
Short story collections	The Fallen Curtain Means of Evil The Fever Tree The New Girlfriend The Copper Peacock Blood Lines Piranha to Scurfy A Spot of Folly
TV series	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries The Barbara Vine Mysteries

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