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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.

"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT." --The New York Times Book Review This time Inspector Morse brings the imposition on himself. He could have been vacationing in Greece instead of investigating a murder that the police have long since written off. But he finds the crime--the brutal killing of a suburban churchwarden--fascinating. In fact, he uncovers not one murder but two, for the fatal fall of St. Frideswides vicar from the church tower Morse reckons to be murder as well. And as he digs into the lives and unsanctified lusts of the late vicar's erring flock, the list of the dead grows longer. Not even the oddly appealing woman he finds scrubbing the church floor can compensate Morse for the trouble he's let himself in for. So he has another pint, follows his hunches, and sets out to untangle the deadly business of homicide. . . . "A BRILLIANTLY PLOTTED DETECTIVE STORY." --Evening Standard (London) "WILY. . . ELEGANT." --Observer (London)

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 Woodstock", "Wench Is Dead", "Jewel That Was Ours Three full-length murder mysteries are contained here, each featuring the popular fictional detective, Inspector Morse and his faithful Sergeant, Lewis.

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 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 . . .

On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse has decided to go without newspapers. But in the hotel he finds himself seated opposite a woman reading her paper, and Morse cannot help but notice an intriguing headline. Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award.

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.

"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

Chief Inspector Morse is drinking a pint of beer. He is thinking about an attractive woman who lives not far away. The woman he is thinking of is hanging, dead, from the ceiling of her kitchen. On the floor lies a chair, almost two metres away from the woman's feet.§Chief Inspector Morse finishes his pint, and orders another. Perhaps he will visit Anne, after all. But he is in no particular hurry.§Meanwhile, Anne is still hanging in her kitchen, waiting for the police to come and cut her down. She is in no hurry, either.

[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?

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"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle."THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBEThe case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking--and drinking--in the hotel's bar, certain the solution is close at hand--until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise...."It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man [Morse] deduce."MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE

A crime novel featuring Chief Inspector Morse, in which Morse and his assistant Sergeant Lewis are called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman who was shot from close range through her kitchen window. After a visit to his doctor, Morse finds that he also has to deal with a crisis of his own.

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 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.

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?

Een inspecteur van politie staat voor raadsels wanneer een Amerikaanse toeriste dood in haar kamer wordt gevonden en er een antiek kleinood is verdwenen.

City Crimes - Die besten Morde aus den Metropolen - bk1378; Scherz Verlag; Amanda Cross, Colin Dexter, Daphne du Maurier, u.v.a.; pocket_book; 2000

Dve detektívky anglického autora, odohrávajú sa v prostredí univerzitného mesta Oxford a spája ich postava inšpektora Morseho, ktorý je v súkromí náruživý pivár, krížovkár a milovník vážnej hudby (www.pitaval.cz)

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.

Der Tod von Yvonne Harrison beschäftigt das Thames Valley Police Department bereits seit einem Jahr. Gefesselt und geknebelt starb sie auf ihrem eigenen Bett, und alles deutet darauf hin, dass sie sich freiwillig in diese Lage begab. Anonyme Anrufe bringen neue Bewegung in den Fall – ein Rätsel, wie geschaffen für Inspector Morse. Doch aus unerklärlichen Gründen wehrt er sich dagegen, den Fall offiziell zu übernehmen. Sein langjähriger Partner Sergeant Lewis quält mehr und mehr der Verdacht, dass der große Morse ein dunkles Geheimnis hat.

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

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.