“Lamb to the slaughter”

Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter" details Mary Maloney's efforts to deflect herself from her
husband's murder.

Patrick Maloney informs his pregnant wife Mary that he is leaving her. In a fit of rage, Mary
beat Patrick with a frozen leg of lamb.

Maria calculatedly puts the lamb in the oven and goes out to buy groceries.

After returning home, she pretends to be shocked by her husband's death and, after the police
investigate, Mary invites them to dinner. While eating the now cooked lamb, a man observes
that the murder weapon is probably right under their nose.