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Bezig met laden... Death is Now My Neighbour (1996)door Colin Dexter
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Good Inspector Morse mystery. Learn Morse's first name, Endeavor on last page. In this penultimate book in the Inspector Morse series, Morse and Lewis investigate the seemingly motiveless murder of a young woman, shot through the blind-covered window of her kitchen by an intruder who came down the back alley behind the houses. Of course, it is Morse who realises eventually that it could have been a case of mistaken identity due to the house numbering. Morse has a serious health issue which develops in this story but which, in his usual curmudgeonly fashion he tries to ignore as best as he can. He comes up with a number of theories as to who the murderer is, especially when another occurs, and with how it relates to a contest at Lonsdale College where two men and their wives are rivals for the position of the next Master. I'm not sure though that the character of the Master as portrayed, although sickening to Morse, is as obviously nasty as in the TV adaptation which I still remember some years after last viewing it. There is a foreshadowing of the final novel here and an air of sadness especially over the fate of the young wife of one of the characters. But there is some nice interplay with subtle humour between the two detectives and once again Lewis' long suffering nature is to the fore. Morse finally reveals the secret of his first name in this volume, which was a long kept secret at the time. All in all, a solid and page turning 3 star read. Mr Dexter's Inspector Morse is called to solve the murder of a young woman & her neighbor soon becomes a prime suspect. But when the prime suspect ends up dead, Inspector Morse soon finds that not only blackmail was involved but also someone's secret is about to be exposed. Especially when a coveted Oxford University post is at stake. A cleverly devised scheme comes unraveled when an unexpected witness's statement leads to the killer. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:“Another deviously construction Inspector Morse mystery from the masterly hand of Colin Dexter.”—The New York Times Book Review Why would a sniper shoot suburban physiotherapist Rachel James as she sips her morning coffee? Inspector Morse's hunt for answers kicks off with a tabloid journalist, winds through the strip clubs of Soho, then returns to Oxford, where two senior dons and their wives battle for a plum promotion. Then, on the personal front, Inspector Morse receives intimations of his own mortality. And while Morse muses on life, he reveals his first name at last. . . . Praise for Death Is Now My Neighbor “An excellent writer . . . Dexter's mysteries featuring Inspector Morse just keep getting better.”—Associated Press “His best work yet, full of insight into human nature and rich with real emotion.”—The Christian Science Monitor “A brilliant tour de force, an ingenious exploration of the human heart . . . At once sensitive, profoundly wise, and deeply felt.”—Buffalo News. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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