Lamb to the Slaughter

The story begins by talking about a woman waiting for her husband to come home. It explains their relationship, and how their evenings always go. It talks about how she gets ready for him to come home, and what sort of drink he likes. When he comes home, it soon becomes apparent that this will not be an ordinary night. He drinks more than usual and seems very agitated with his wife. The story explains that on Tuesdays, which it is in the story, they normally eat out. But the husband doesn't want to, he just wants to tell his wife something, which he does. After hearing what he says, she becomes very sad, but goes on to start dinner, which irritates him greatly. She takes a leg of lamb out of the freezer, and walks back to start cooking it, when he shouts at her not make dinner. This causes her to take the frozen leg and hit him over the head with it, killing him. Then she starts cooking the leg, and goes to the grocery store for some potatoes, which she can use as an alibi. When she gets home, she calls the police, who come and begin investigating. They become very puzzled, but rule out the wife because she had a good alibi, and no apparent weapon. As they investiate, she finishes the meat and potatoes, and, as there is only one of her, she offers it to the policemen for dinner, which they accept, thereby eating and destroying the evidence.