Anita Margolis has 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. Inspector Burden had no trouble in seeing a pattern in the Margolis case. Not only had Anita been wealthy and flighty, she had been thoroughly immoral as well. Decent women had clean, tidy homes, and were either married or had jobs, or both. They didn't live with eccentric artist brothers, or bring lovers home in the afternoon. They also knew enough to keep their money in the bank, not in their handbags. Burden could see exactly what had happened to Anita Margolis. Chief Inspector Wexford, however, had other ideas-
"Wolf to the Slaughter" has all the nuts and bolts required for a police novel but it's not a gripping mystery. If you haven't read Rendell before, don't start with this. I'd recommend her short fiction, as well as her suspense novels, like "Master of the Moor", "A Judgement in Stone" and "The Killing Doll".
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