Lamb to the slaughter by Roland Dahl

1. Mary Maloney

1.1. Pregnant

1.2. Housewife

1.3. Appears to be...

1.3.1. the best wife

1.3.2. Polite and gentle

1.3.3. Naive

1.3.4. that she cant hurt a fly

1.4. A murderer

1.5. good actor

1.6. smart

2. Patrick Maloney

2.1. Detective

2.2. Manley

2.3. Tough

2.4. Has a Secret

3. Detectives

3.1. fools

3.2. dont know how to do their job

3.3. Week 3

4. Plot

4.1. Mary vis at home waiting for Patrick to return

4.2. He comes home and isnt nice to her

4.3. she gets upset by something he says, goes to the celler, gets a leg of lamb

4.4. MAry kills Patrick

4.5. The detectives arrive and cant find the weapon

4.6. Mary serves them dinner

4.7. Its the Leg of Lamb that was used for the murder

4.8. They leave her there in their house, thinking she is the best and innocent wife