Mary Maloney in Lamb to the Slaughter or The way up to heaven

Lamb to the slaughter- it revolves around a detective husband who decides to leave his pregnant wife for another woman. Mary Maloney, his wife is very shocked and in the moment of inability to digest that fact, she kills him with a frozen lamb leg. In a marriage, love is reciprocal. As Patrick did not care for her, she did not care for him and killed him so that she may be better off. It shows how women can be shrewd and when forced to the limit, humans can reveal the dark side and make the most shocking decisions.

The way up to heaven-Mrs Foster is extremely devoted to Mr Foster and cares for him deeply. But, the same cannot be said for Mr Foster. He takes delight in making Mrs Foster irritated by exploiting the fact that she hates being late. He purposely delays her with every excuse until a particular time where the wife saw through the intentions of his delaying her which made her see him in a new light as an uncaring man and thus, left him for dead when she knew that he would get stuck in their home lift. He was left there for six weeks. However, the driver is Mrs Fosters's alibi, so she can never be found out. This also reveals the dark and sinister side like that of Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

But, I like the way up to heaven. Notice that many doors are opened slowly, like the discovery of Mr Foster's intentions and even then, the dark sinister side of Mrs Foster being revealed is revealed later, thus the reader is given many opportunities to ponder on the unfoldings and the wide array of possibilities until the fact is revealed, unlike the Lamb to the Slaughter whereby the story unfolds faster-Mary kills Patrick upon discovering he left her and then she creates for herself an alibi and then the police come but she is not found out. For the way up to heaven, the twist is more shocking and powerful.