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One of Britain's most inventive and honored crime writers, Dexter ( The Jewel That Was Ours ) offers another tale in a justly acclaimed series. Again it's a story packed with nuance, wayward angles and bewildering layers of coincidence, all explicated in masterful style. When Oxford-based Inspector Morse sets out to find Karin Eriksson, a young Swedish woman who disappeared while vacationing in England, he opens a Pandora's box of clues and culpability. The missing woman's need for money, four men's need for pornography, and photographs, blackmail and multiple disappearances all play their part in this deliberately baffling mystery, in which virtually every chapter ends on an enigmatic note. Dexter even manages to cunningly subvert the narrative's basic framework toward the end, when Karin Eriksson's identity comes into question. The erudite, irascible Morse remains a delightful character, with his shambling existence, his love for music, his obvious appeal to lonely women despite his slovenly appearance. His pedestrian, loyal subordinate, Sgt. Lewis, buys most of the beers Morse consumes en route to the ultimate solution. Publication of this stunning work will coincide with the broadcast of another Morse adventure on the PBS Mystery! series.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Winner of the Crime Writers' Association (UK) Gold Dagger Award, this entry in the Inspector Morse series offers clues to the disappearance of a Swedish student through a riddle in verse. Lovers of crosswords and literary quotations will relish this complex case. "Morse" comes alive through Michael Pennington's presentation of the wry police inspector. His speech patterns perfectly capture Morse--that "conceited, civilized, boozy, sensitive man." Touches of bitterness, sarcasm and impatience are wonderfully conveyed through tone and inflection. Pennington seems to neatly capture the author's voice. The dialogue is lively, and Morse and Sergeant Lewis could entertain the listener indefinitely. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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5.0étoiles sur 5 one of mystery's great curmudgeons, Oct. 13 2000
Par Orrin C. Judd "brothersjudddotcom" (Hanover, NH USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: The Way Through the Woods (Mass Market Paperback)
The history of the mystery is replete with examples of detectives who tread a fine line between the amusingly eccentric and the downright boorish (Sherlock Holmes being the archetype; Poirot, Nero Wolfe, and others following in his footsteps). Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse fits squarely and delightfully in this tradition. If you've never seen the TV series on PBS and A&E, or better yet read one of the books, you're really missing out on something special.

Morse, whose first name wasn't revealed for years, is an Oxford-educated, beer-drinking, Opera-loving, vintage Jaguar-driving, Crossword puzzle maven and also one of the biggest curmudgeons in all of literature. He does not suffer fools gladly, other than his much put upon but continually bemused partner Lewis. His superiors are forced to tolerate his idiosyncrasies and his bibliousness because he also has a uniquely intuitive mind and a knack for solving the most puzzling crimes. In an interesting symbiosis, John Thaw's television portrayal of Morse bled over into the novels and took some of the harsher edges off of the character and Kevin Whatley's Lewis helped to make the character less of a dolt and more of a naïf in the books too.

In this Gold Dagger winning installment in the series, Morse is on an unwelcome holiday when he gets drawn into the case of a year old disappearance of a Swedish girl who is assumed to have been murdered and ditched in the local woods. The largely moribund investigation is reinvigorated when The Times receives a cryptic letter with tantalizing but ambiguous literary clues to the dead girl's whereabouts. As the story unfolds Morse finds himself in the midst of a murder investigation that includes everything from pornography to ornithology. As always, the book offers both a satisfying mystery and the great pleasure of watching Morse and Lewis interact with one another and with suspects, superiors and the various ladies who inevitably tweak Morse's heartstrings.

After a highly successful run of 13 novels, Dexter killed Morse off earlier this year in The Remorseful Day. On the one hand, it's nice to see an author finish a series while he still has his fastball, but Morse and Lewis will be missed. Try one of the books and keep an eye peeled for the show, both are outstanding.

GRADE: A+

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4.0étoiles sur 5 An excellent story, Juil 22 2000
Par Steve Kaye (Beaverton, OR United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: The Way Through the Woods (Mass Market Paperback)
Has there ever been a more perfect marriage between character and actor? As ever, discussing any of the Morse books is impossible without discussing the actor who portrays him. The two are linked (in my mind, at least) forever. In this title, Morse is his quintessential self and calls to mind Jonathan Thaw. As usual, the mystery is good, Morse's ego is exquisite, and the writing is engaging. Here is one series where watching the videos does not detract from the source material. In fact, knowing John Thaw's Morse serves to heighten enjoyment of reading the books.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Well worth the read!, Nov. 10 1999
Par Helen (Highgate, South Australia, Australia) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: The Way Through the Woods (Mass Market Paperback)
A very well crafted book. Superb plotting as one would expect from this author. This book continues the Morse mystique (he is still able to attract women half his age) but gives Lewis a little more assertiveness. Quite unputdownable.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 What a book!
I have watched enough Inspector Morse on TV but Colin Dexter's books are even more thrilling than the TV series. It's just incredible.
Publié le Sep 2 1999

3.0étoiles sur 5 Dull
It took me more than 2 weeks to finish this book. The story is excruciatingly slow-paced for the first three fourths of the novel, and only starts to capture the reader's... Read more
Publié le Oct. 1 1998

5.0étoiles sur 5 SUPER CRIME NOVEL
Better than anything else I ever read! A must for all crimenovel addicts. And I know because I read crimenovels every day.
Publié le Sep 13 1998 par svendtorsleff@get2net.dk

5.0étoiles sur 5 Already like an old friend
Inspector Morse is already like an old friend-my first Morse book, but I'm sure the rest will follow! He interested and intrigued me. Read more
Publié le Jui 27 1997

5.0étoiles sur 5 Colin Dexter is a superlative mystery writer
For those of you who are only familiar with Colin Dexter's character of Chief Inspector Morse through the A&E mysteries series, I say unto you READ THE BOOKS. Read more
Publié le Mars 29 1997

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