Inspector Wexford man. He has a placid wife, Dora, and two daughters, Sheila and Sylvia. He has a good relationship with Sheila (his favourite) but a difficult relationship with Sylvia (who feels slighted though he has never actually intended to slight her). He also has a strong friendship with DI Mike Burden. The Wexford series of novels are set in "Kingsmarkham", a fictional town in Sussex. Kingsmarkham has been reported as "inspired by Midhurst in West Sussex". Inspector Wexford Chief Inspector Reginald "Reg" Wexford is a recurring character in a series of detective novels by English crime writer Ruth Rendell. He made
Inspector Hornleigh films were made because Sim wished to move on to other projects in order to avoid being typecast. A subsequent television adaptation was made in West Germany in 1961, with Helmut Peine appearing as Hornleigh. The character appears in: Inspector Hornleigh Inspector Hornleigh is a fictional British detective from Scotland Yard, the chief protagonist of a popular BBC radio series of the 1930s, "Inspector Hornleigh Investigates", devised by Hans Priwin and played by actor S. J. Warmington. The series ran on the BBC's National station from 1937 to 1940, as one element in a 50-minute show entitled "Monday Night at