High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford is a recurring character in a series of detective novels by English crime writer Ruth Rendell. He made his first appearance in the author`s 1964 debut From Doon With Death, and has since been the protagonist of 20 more stories; his latest outing was the 2009 publication The Monster in the Box. In the television series of the same name he was played by the late George Baker.