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Intorno alla chiesa di St Frideswide, dal campanile gotico di Oxford North, si snoda la vita di una provincia inglese. Il reverendo Lawson è tiepido nella fede e nella vita, eccetto che nella raccolta delle offerte. Brenda Josephs, inquieta, si confida con l’organista Paul Morris, distratto dall’erotismo delle sue allieve. Il marito di Brenda, Harry, ex ufficiale e ora sagrestano disoccupato, si sente frustrato nei suoi umili lavori. Un barbone misterioso frequenta la canonica, mentre alcune vecchie beghine sembrano nascondere segreti. In questo ambiente sensuale e ipocrita, si annidano un assassino e una potenziale vittima; i delitti emergono da un trascinamento impercettibile delle azioni umane, come se l’ambiente stesso esercitasse un magnetismo sui protagonisti. L’autore, Colin Dexter, maestro del giallo classico inglese, costruisce una trama minuziosa, dove la violenza omicida scaturisce dalle circostanze ordinarie. I personaggi, sebbene non simpatici, possiedono una certa umanità. L’ispettore Morse della Thames Valley Police, spesso sarcastico e impreciso, cerca la verità in questo formicaio di piccoli individui, mentre il suo aiutante, il sergente Lewis, si lascia coinvolgere da una birra o dalla vista di una donna. Morse, con la sua intuizione dell’ambiente, affronta delitti inspiegabili, privi di movente apparente.

«Quelle maschere erano la realtà, e le facce che nascondevano erano la finzione». L’Hotel Haworth di Oxford, noto per i suoi pacchetti turistici, attira anche coppie clandestine, rendendo il Capodanno in maschera un evento intrigante. Tra gli ospiti ci sono i misteriosi Ballard, gli sfuggenti Smith e l’affascinante signora Palmer, accompagnata da un marito molto più anziano. Una quarta camera, disdetta all’ultimo momento, aggiunge un ulteriore elemento di mistero. Il proprietario, signor Binyon, e la direttrice Sarah Jonstone, abituata a notare ogni dettaglio, non si sorprendono della clientela varia. Tuttavia, il giorno dopo, viene scoperto un cadavere nella camera 3: la vittima, sfigurata da un colpo in faccia, è il vincitore del trofeo per il costume migliore. La sua accompagnatrice è scomparsa, e l’ispettore capo Morse inizia l'inchiesta, colpito dall'assortimento delle coppie e dalla mancanza di tracce sulla neve. Con un tocco di acidità tipico del giallo inglese e una dose di ironia, Colin Dexter esplora i segreti delle famiglie della provincia. Morse, un personaggio affascinante e caustico, si confronta con la mediocrità e maltratta il suo sergente Lewis, esperto di enigmistica e appassionato di Wagner, mentre risolve enigmi classici ricchi di errori e false piste.

Con Colin Dexter, siamo ai vertici del poliziesco, un autore di stampo classico paragonabile a Ruth Rendell e P. D. James. L'ambientazione è tipicamente inglese, con pub e sobborghi verdi, ma è intrisa di violenza e passioni sordide. La razionalità del puzzle è limpida, priva di effetti appariscenti, e l'enigma non nasce da trovate cervellotiche, ma dalle sorprese della vita quotidiana. L'umanità dei personaggi e il loro retroterra culturale emergono attraverso un filo di ironia, a volte amara e malinconica, che coinvolge i lettori. I romanzi di Dexter rappresentano un interessante rinnovamento del giallo inglese tradizionale. L’ispettore E. Morse e il sergente Lewis fanno il loro esordio in una serie che comprende più di dieci casi. La loro interazione è immediata, con Morse che chiede a Lewis se sta perdendo tempo e il sergente che risponde con nonchalance. Lewis apprende presto a considerare utili all'inchiesta le eccentricità di Morse, come i cruciverba e la passione per Wagner. L’occhio di Morse scruta la vita altrui, mentre la sua indagine su Sylvia Kaye, scomparsa e ritrovata brutalmente uccisa, si complica. Inizialmente sicuro, Morse si trova a fronteggiare trabocchetti e false piste, convincendosi che il suo "libro delle risposte" potrebbe contenere un errore.

L'ispettore capo Morse, costretto in ospedale, riceve un libretto intitolato Assassinio sul canale di Oxford, una memoria del colonnello recentemente deceduto. Attraverso la prosa dettagliata del colonnello, Morse apprende del brutale omicidio di Joanna Franks, una donna in viaggio da sola, vittima di uno stupro e annegamento mentre si trovava su una chiatta. Il caso, avvenuto nel 1859, aveva scosso l'opinione pubblica e portato all'arresto di tre barcaioli, due dei quali giustiziati e uno deportato. Tuttavia, Morse nota discrepanze e incongruenze nel racconto, stimolando la sua mente deduttiva a esplorare nuove teorie. Con l'aiuto del suo fidato agente Lewis e della bibliotecaria Christine, inizia a indagare sul campo. La soluzione finale si rivela sorprendente e ineccepibile, rendendo il giallo privo di elementi gratuiti o artificiosi. La narrazione è immersiva: il lettore scopre il libro del colonnello insieme a Morse, condividendo le sue intuizioni e le sue deduzioni. Colin Dexter si afferma come maestro del giallo deduttivo classico, arricchendo la trama con l'ironia che rende l'ispettore Morse un personaggio memorabile e divertente.

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.

[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.

This omnibus contains two of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse novels - 'Death is Now My Neighbour' and 'The Secret of Annexe 3'.

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 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

"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 . . .

This book sees Inspector Morse lured to Wytham Woods near Oxford to search for a missing woman, and launched into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career. Originally published: London: Macmillan, 1992.

Sullo sfondo di una California ricca e corrotta, pullulante anche di miserabili in attesa del colpo grosso, Philiph Marlowe viene sguinzagliato sulle tracce di un marito scomparso. Si imbatte in un ex carcerato, uscito di galera dopo otto anni di detenzione, e da lui viene incaricato di trovare la sua donna, anche lei scomparsa. Ne nasce una vicenda a tinte forti, condita di ricatti e violenza, lusso e una lunga catena di delitti. Un autentico capolavoro del genere "hard boiled". Dal romanzo sono stati tratti anche i film "L'ombra del passato" (1944), interpretato da Dick Powell, e "Marlowe, il poliziotto privato" (1975), con Robert Mitchum e Charlotte Rampling.

In 'The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn', Morse tracks down the killer of a member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate, tracing the predator through the insular and bitchy world of the city's colleges. 'The Dead of Jericho' finds Morse investigating the suicide of a woman he had met but a few hours before her death.

The Oxford Bookworms Library is a new edition of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers. The new edition builds on the success of the original series and provides enhanced teaching support. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information. Some of the titles have new illustrations. For those titles which had associated cassettes, the cassettes will remain available with the same ISBNs as before.

[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.

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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?

On a balmy summer's day in 1930 the great and the good of the county are out in force for the annual, much-anticipated tennis party at the Bickleighs, although not everyone has much enthusiasm for the game. The tennis party exists for other reasons - and charmingly mannered infidelity is now the most popular pastime in the small but exclusive Devonshire hamlet of Wyvern's Cross. Which is why, in his own garden, the host, Dr Edmund Bickleigh, is desperately fighting to conceal the two things on his mind: a mounting passion for Gwynfryd Rattery - and the certain conviction that he is going to kill his wife . .

"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 . . .

Inspector Morse takes on another intriguing case in Colin Dexter's detective mystery series.

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.

" Morse had solved so many mysteries in his life. Was he now, he wondered, beginning to glimpse the solution to the greatest mystery of them all . . . ? How can the discovery of a short story by a beautiful Oxford graduate lead Chief Inspector Morse to her murderer? What happens when Chief Inspector Morse himself becomes the victim to a brilliantly executed crime? And why does a theft at Christmas lead the detective to look upon the festive season with uncharacteristic good will? This dazzling new collection of short stories from Morse's creator Colin Dexter includes five ingenious new cases for the world's most popular fictional detective—plus five other tantalizingly original tales to delight all lovers of classic crime fiction."

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 ...

"Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis went into the house. Inside the sitting-room, the light was still switched on and a gas fire was burning. The dead body of a young man was lying on the carpet, in front of the fire. Near the body, on a small table, stood a bottle of sherry and a wine glass. The bottle was almost full, the glass was almost empty. Morse smelt the sherry which was left in the glass. 'This smells like cyanide, Lewis,' he said. 'This man was probably poisoned.' " -- Cover.

"<i>As he drove his chief down to Kidlington, Lewis returned the conversation to where it had begun. </i> <i>'You haven't told me what you think about this fellow Owens - the dead woman's next-door neighbour.' </i> <i>'Death is always the next-door neighbour,' said Morse sombrely. </i> The murder of a young woman . . . A cryptic 'seventeenth-century' love poem . . . And a photograph of a mystery grey-haired man . . . More than enough to set Chief Inspector E. Morse on the trail of a killer. And it's a trail that leads him to Lonsdale College, where the contest between Julian Storrs and Dr Denis Cornford for the coveted position of Master is hotting up. But then Morse faces a greater, far more personal crisis . . ."

Over thirty-five short stories from the top names in British crime fiction, by the likes of Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, Jake Arnott, Val McDermid, and more.

As a celebrated and successful artist, Monet returned to London in the early 1900s to paint his famous Thames sequence. His haunting paintings act as a backdrop to a series of grisly, psychopathic killings. Oliver Cranston, a fledgling diplomat at the Foreign Office and recent acquaintance of M. Monet, has become unwillingly involved in the police investigation into the murders. But neither man knows that the source of the horror stalks the floor above M. Monet's suite at the Savoy Hotel.

'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

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?

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Laura Stratton, im Besitz des Wolvercote-Dorns, plant die Übergabe an das Ashmolean Museum während einer England-Tour. Doch nach ihrer Ankunft in Oxford wird sie tot in ihrem Zimmer aufgefunden. Inspector Morse und Sergeant Lewis ermitteln, da der wertvolle Dorn verschwunden ist.

V detektivní novele řeší ispektor Morse hrůzný případ, v němž není znám nejen pachatel, ale ani totožnost oběti, což vyšetřování neobyčejně komplikuje.

Am besten denkt es sich doch immer noch bei einem Bierchen im rauchigen Pub. Inspector Morse denkt auch gerne bei einem Bierchen am Vormittag und dem gelegentlichen Whisky zwischendurch. Die Kombination mit etlichen Zigaretten und einer abgrundtiefen Abneigung gegen jegliche Form körperlicher Betätigung beschert Morse schließlich die Quittung – er wird mit einem Magengeschwür ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert. Nüchtern und gedemütigt von hartnäckigen Fragen zu seinem Trinkverhalten, liest Morse in dem Buch, das ihm sein Zimmernachbar hinterlassen hat: ein mysteriöser Mordfall aus dem Jahr 1859. Die junge Joanne Franks wurde tot aus dem Oxford-Kanal geborgen, zwei Männer dafür gehenkt. Morse findet etliche Details, die nicht zusammenpassen wollen, und beginnt, den Fall neu aufzurollen.

Další případ inspektora Morse, tentokrát dostane na starost dva roky starý případ ztraceného děvčete, který se ale postupem času jako obvykle pořádně zamotá.

La hodina, kdy se tma chystá sestoupit, čekají dvě mladé a krásné dívky na autobus. Ten se zpožďuje, a tak se dívky rozhodnou stopovat. Inspektor Morse je typický britský policista: ironický, vášnivý do křížovek a krásných žen. Případ, který mu byl svěřen, plně prověří jeho detektivní schopnosti: mladá žena byla nalezena mrtvá na parkovišti restaurace. Všechny stopy naznačují, že před svou smrtí byla sexuálně napadena. Podezřelí se objevují jeden po druhém a postupně odhalují spletitou a odpornou historii. A vše začalo s dvěma dívkami, které čekaly na poslední spoj do Woodstocku...

Drie detectiveromans met inspecteur Morse in de hoofdrol.

Inspector Morse, so genial er auch sein mag, hat eindeutig einen wunden Punkt: die Liebe. Irgendwie will es nie so recht klappen, und die richtigen ersten Worte finden sich auch nicht von allein. Umso verwirrter ist Morse, als er ohne die kleinste Peinlichkeit einen ganzen Abend in Gesellschaft der bezaubernden Anne meistert. Als er sie besuchen will, steht die Tür offen. Er geht hinein, doch niemand ist da. Wenig später wird er an einen Tatort gerufen: in dieselbe Wohnung. Anne wurde tot aufgefunden. Erhängt.

Detektivní román popisuje vyšetřování vraždy v akademickém prostředí oxfordských hodnostářů. Svou prací mírně znechucený inspektor Morse, známý milovníkům detektivek i z televizního seriálu, má v řadách čtenářů mnoho příznivců. Zpracování zápletky i zachycení iniverzitní atmosféry jsou na dobré úrovni, líčení je však poněkud zdlouhavé.

Moord en zelfmoord onder de gelovigen in een rustige wijk van Oxford stellen inspecteur Morse en brigadier Lewis aanvankelijk voor een raadsel, waarin een oude kerk een lugubere hoofdrol speelt.

Inspecteur Morse onderzoekt de moord op de "master" van Lonsdale College in Oxford.