Mary Maloney a pregnant young woman in 20th century England waits for her husband Patrick to return home from his job as a detective for the local police When he returns Mary notices that he is strangely aloof and assumes that he has had trouble at work After blatantly ignoring her Patrick finally reveals to Mary the information is kept from the reader although it is insinuated that he wants to leave her what it is that is making him act strangely In shock at the news and seemingly in a trance
There are some similarities in Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl and The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle A couple similarities are they both deal with murder and they both take place in England Those are a some similarities but there are many differences The main differences are the weapons used the outcome and the motive In Lamb to the Slaughter Mary Maloney used a lamb chop to murder her husband Mary gets the lamb chop from the cellar she reached in the freezer and grab