The first intriguing case in Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse mystery series.
L'inspecteur MorseSéries
Cette série plonge dans le monde d'un détective brillant mais mélancolique naviguant dans les rues académiques et pittoresques d'Oxford. Chaque affaire est un puzzle magistralement conçu, explorant les complexités de la nature humaine et les dures réalités occasionnelles de la vie. Les lecteurs sont invités à de riches explorations de musique classique, de bière ale et de références littéraires, imprégnant les récits d'une atmosphère unique. C'est un drame policier britannique par excellence, célébré pour ses intrigues complexes et son enquêteur inoubliable.
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Last Seen Wearing
- 221pages
- 8 heures de lecture
Morse was best by a nagging feeling. Most of his fanciful notions about the Taylor girl had evaporated and he had begun to suspect lhat further investigation into Valerie's disappearance would involve little more than sober and tedious routine ...
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Chief Inspector Morse is called in to investigate the murder of an Oxford academic, and finds the dons in uproar. The code of integrity had been breached and Quinn's death was not a matter of how and why but when.
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Inspector Morse takes on another intriguing case in the fourth installment of Colin Dexter's detective mystery series.
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The Dead of Jericho
- 224pages
- 8 heures de lecture
Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit. Inspector Morse turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on Wednesday afternoon. He hadn't planned a second visit, but was back the same day as officer in charge of a suicide investigation.
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Dr Browne-Smith had passed through the porter's lodge at 8.15am and nobody had heard from him since. Plenty of time for him to disappear, thought Inspector Morse, and plenty of time for him to cover his trail. Other Morse books include Service of All Dead and The Dead of Jericho.
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The Secret of Annexe 3 (Pan crime)
- 224pages
- 8 heures de lecture
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The Wench Is Dead
- 208pages
- 8 heures de lecture
In 1856 the body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford canal. In 1989 Inspector Morse is taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital with a perforated ulcer. As Morse begins his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation of Joanna's death and subsequent murder trial.
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The Jewel that was Ours
- 112pages
- 4 heures de lecture
"He looked overweight around the midriff, though nowhere else, and she wondered whether perhaps he drank too much. He looked weary, as if he had been up most of the night conducting his investigations . . ." For Oxford, the arrival of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary . . . until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph Hotel. It looks like a sudden - and tragic - accident. Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous theft of a jewel-encrusted antique from the victim's handbag . . . Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Maybe. But this time Morse is determined to prove the link . . .
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"On a beaucoup salué les demoiselles anglaises, reines du crime feutré, toutes trop bien élevées pour être honnêtes, si merveilleusement troublantes avec leur air de n'y pas toucher; aujourd'hui, c'est un Anglais qui vient nous séduire. Il ne raffole pas du thé, mais préfère la bière et le whisky. Il fait des mots croisés, lit Thomas Hardy, ne bouge pas d'Oxford et manque de candeur. Entre donc en scène l'inspecteur Morse. Colin Dexter nous offre là un personnage charmeur comme un héros victorien qui aurait oublié ses inhibitions. L'inspecteur Morse débrouille péniblement ses enquêtes et croise des dames parfois dangereuses, souvent meurtries, toujours déjantées et gracieuses. On est très bien avec l'inspecteur Morse. Un doigt - non cinq - d'alcool, des pensées un tantinet lubriques, des souvenirs de livres et l'étrangeté de la vie. Bienvenue au club des "Grands détectives" . Le Magazine littéraire."
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La mort pour voisine
- 381pages
- 14 heures de lecture
" Subtiles au point d'en être vicieuses, les intrigues policières de Colin Dexter font penser à un mécanisme à multiples détentes, devant lequel le lecteur n'a rapidement d'autre solution que de s'en remettre entièrement à un auteur qui ne lui tend des amorces de solutions que pour les retirer presque aussi vite. ( ... ) Les romans de Dexter ne se présentent nullement comme des exercices secs et abstraits ; les personnages ont de la substance et de la présence, et les décors sont bien plantés. " Jean Bourdier, Histoire du roman policier.
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The remorseful day
- 464pages
- 17 heures de lecture
The murder of Yvonne Harrison at her home in the Cotswold village of Lower Swinstead had left Thames Valley CID baffled. So why is Chief Inspector Morse adamant that he will not lead the re-investigation and why is he making private enquiries?
How can the discovery of a short story by a beautiful Oxford graduate lead Inspector Morse to her murderer? What awaits Morse and Lewis in Room 231 of the Randolph Hotel? This is a collection of short stories including As Good As Gold. Six new cases for Morse are included plus five other tales.
Death Is Now My Neighbour. The Daughters Of Cain
- 387pages
- 14 heures de lecture
[Read by Frederick Davidson]Little progress had been made by the Thames Valley Police since the discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The police had no weapon, no suspect, and no motive. But within days of taking over the investigation, Chief Inspector Morse and Detective Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new information about the life and death of the victim, Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College, Oxford.The trail leads to a staircase in Wolsey College and a former ''scout'' there, one Edward Brooks, who disappears following the theft of a knife from the Pitt Rivers Museum. When another body is discovered, Morse suddenly finds himself with too many suspects, including Brooks' wife, a prostitute, and an enigmatic schoolmistress. Attracted to one of the possible killers, the chief inspector may be too involved for success.It will take much thought, many pints, and not a little anguish before Morse sees the connection between McClure's death and the daughters of Cain.
Největší případ inspektora Morse a jiné povídky
- 198pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Deset detektivních případů Colina Dextera, v nichž záhady neřeší pouze sám šéfinspektor Morse, ale setkáme se mimo jiné se samotným Sherlockem Holmesem, jeho stejně geniálním bratrem Mycroftem a samozřejmě s doktorem Watsonem. Jak tráví inspektor Morse vánoční svátky? Jak dovede povídka, kterou napsala oběť, policii k jejímu vrahovi?
The First Inspector Morse Omnibus
- 586pages
- 21 heures de lecture
The Dead of Jericho is a work of English detective fiction by Colin Dexter, the fifth novel of the Inspector Morse series, which was subsequently the first of a highly successful series of television adaptations of the novels. Service of All the Dead is a crime novel by Colin Dexter, the fourth novel in Inspector Morse series. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is a crime novel by Colin Dexter, the third novel in Inspector Morse series
'Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse was inspirational but infuriating, at times impossible but always brilliant, and earned his creator Colin Dexter the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger award for outstanding services to Crime Literature.' A box set of the complete collection of Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter. ISBN 978-0-330-47968-4 Morse's Greatest Mystery And Other Stories. ISBN 978-0-330-47958-5 Last Bus To Woodstock ISBN 978-0-330-47959-2 Last Seen Wearing ISBN 978-0-330-47960-8 The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn ISBN 978-0-330-47961-5 Service Of All The Dead ISBN 978-0-330-47962-2 The Dead Of Jericho ISBN 978-0-330-47963-9 The Riddle Of The Third Mile ISBN 978-0-330-47967-7 The Secret Of Annexe 3 ISBN 978-0-330-50394-5 The Wench Is Dead ISBN 978-0-330-47964-6 The Jewel That Was Ours ISBN 978-0-330-47956-1 The Way Through The Woods ISBN 978-0-330-47965-3 The Daughters Of Cain ISBN 978-0-330-47966-0 Death Is Now My Neighbour ISBN 978-0-330-47957-8 The Remorseful Day
Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories
- 282pages
- 10 heures de lecture
A collection of clever short stories from Inspector Morse's creator, Colin Dexter.
Last Seen Wearing. Last Bus to Woodstock
- 308pages
- 11 heures de lecture
"Morse was beset by a nagging feeling. Most of his fanciful notions about the Taylor girl had evaporated and he had begun to suspect that further investigation into Valerie's disappearance would involve little more than sober and tedious routine . . ." The statements before Inspector Morse appeared to confirm the bald, simple truth. After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold. Until two years, three months and two days after Valerie's disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence for the case . . .
An Inspector Morse Omnibus
- 592pages
- 21 heures de lecture
"This omnibus brings together three of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse mysteries .... The Dead of Jericho is a town-and-gown Oxford mystery. The violent death of a peeping tom leads Chief Inspector Morse to back-track to the apparent suicide in a neighboring house of a pregnant young women. The long-suffering Lewis is dispatched in seemingly unrelated directions at Morse's behest, until the right killer is arrested .... Service of all the Dead opens with the murder of a church warden, rapidly followed by the deaths of a music master and his son. The only common element to link the deaths is the Church of St. Frideswide. Unfortunately, the case is 'cleared up' while Morse is on holiday. Fortunately, he does not accept this official fact and what follows his return from leave is his own investigation, which blows all previous theories to smithereens. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is a formidable and labyrinthine puzzle in which a deaf academic is found dead in his north Oxford home. Even Morse respects the intelligence and cunning of the killer as he tries to track him down through the insular and bitchy world of the Oxford colleges" -- Provided by publisher
The Fourth Inspector Morse Omnibus
- 800pages
- 28 heures de lecture
This anthology features three Inspector Morse novels. In "The Way Through the Woods", a young tourist disappears in North Oxford. In "The Daughters of Cain", Morse takes over an unsolved murder. "Death Is Now My Neighbour" sees Morse on the trail of a killer.
Last Bus to WoodstockThe death of Sylvia Kaye featured dramatically in the "Oxford Mail". By Friday evening Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man - facing charges of willful murder, sexual assault and rape.The Wench Is DeadWhile recovering in hospital, Inspector Morse comes across an account of the investigation into a murder from 1849, a crime for which two people were hanged. When he is discharged he can prove that they were convicted wrongly.The Jewel That Was OursWhen an American tourist is found dead of a heart attack in the posh Randolph Hotel and an irreplaceable piece of ancient jewelry is missing, Inspector Morse begins an investigation.
The Daughters of Cain
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
The eleventh Inspector Morse novel begins when a body is discovered in a set of rooms off a prestigious staircase in the most famous Oxford college of them all. Colin Dexter has won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award twice for The Way Through the Woods and The Wench is Dead.
