Dexter Colin Livres

"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."

" 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.

"[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.

The front page picture of the book is slightly different, but the contents remain the same.

[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

'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