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Requiem een inspecteur Morse-thriller (1979)

door Colin Dexter

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Reeksen: Inspector Morse (4)

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The sweet countenance of Reason greeted Morse serenely when he woke, and told him that it would be no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before galloping off to a solution. Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St Frideswide's. Most people could still remember the churchwarden's murder. A few could still recall the murderer's suicide. Now even the police had closed the case. Until a chance meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a conspiracy to deceive ...… (meer)
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On staycation, Morse comes across the solved case of the murder of a churchwarden followed a few days later by the suicide of the Vicar of St. Frideswide's, assumed to be the murderer, but he feels something isn't right.

The trouble is that although I like Oxford setting and the fiendishly clever puzzles in these books, I've come to realise that despite the occasional flashes of erudition I don't actually like Morse himself very much. Yes, this is the 1970s but the spectacle of a middle-aged man who acts like a teenager who has just discovered the top shelf at the newsagent's is just too depressing. ( )
  Robertgreaves | Sep 15, 2023 |
Chosen as a mystery sure to have connections with academia, this was a disappointment. It may be the only Dexter novel not to be associated with an Oxford college. The story crept along at a snail's pace to the dragged out conclusion. Not one of Dexter's best. ( )
  VivienneR | Sep 11, 2023 |
Story of a series of deaths at St. F's at Oxford. Morse is on vacation and wanders by a church and hears about death 6 months ago and goes digging and giving up his vacation (surprise). For me, it got way too convoluted with the different suspects and victims and what order did the church service go in and all that intricately plotted mystery stuff- not my kind of mystery. Atmosphere was also only ok- more of Morse and Oxford, but nothing new. Morse and Lewis are the same and entertaining, as expected. Ruth Rawlinson is the surprise interest in the book. That part was engaging. ( )
  apende | Jul 12, 2022 |
Still undecided on the Morse series four books in. The writing is good, particularly the dialogue, but Dexter continues his smug extended explanation of the mystery at the end and it's just a very long "Here's all the things which were vaguely hinted at, but which you couldn't have worked out" session which kills the momentum dead for the last 10% of the book. The casual racism in this one (a short encounter with someone described as a "Chinaman" who literally says "Me verree sorree") is a painful reminder of the story's 1979 vintage although apart from that it feels thoroughly modern. ( )
  ElegantMechanic | May 28, 2022 |
Another swell Inspector Morse mystery. Good characters, great sense of place, complicated plot and an excellent narrator made this a very enjoyable read. We sped through it. Quite the page turner. ( )
  njcur | Mar 30, 2022 |
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Tricky Mr. Dexter is again a tad too tricky for his own good in this fourth case involving Inspector Morse. It begins beautifully--40 pages setting up the potentially explosive situations among people attached to Oxford's Church of St. Frideswide. Then, however, Dexter jumps forward in time--as moody Morse, on semi-vacation, starts looking into the casualties that have indeed ensued at St. Frideswide's: though the characters are fine, the atmosphere perfect, and Morse darkly intriguing, one can only concur when the local magistrate says: "Doesn't all this seem to you an extraordinarily complicated business, Inspector?" It is indeed, and only those partial to super-contrived crime puzzles will fully enjoy the benefits of Dexter's wry, cool, quintessentially British talents.
toegevoegd door Roycrofter | bewerkKirkus Reviews (Feb 1, 1979)
 

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"Can you keep a secret, Inspector?"
"Yes."
"So can I," she whispered.
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This book contains an excerpt from the hardcover edition of Death Is Now My Neighbor (c1996) by Colin Dexter.This excerpt has been set for the edition only and mya not reflect the final content of the hardcover edition.
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The sweet countenance of Reason greeted Morse serenely when he woke, and told him that it would be no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before galloping off to a solution. Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St Frideswide's. Most people could still remember the churchwarden's murder. A few could still recall the murderer's suicide. Now even the police had closed the case. Until a chance meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a conspiracy to deceive ...

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