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A disappointment, even if enjoyable at times
He's not a genius
Sex (a little) but no car chases..
Dexter is a master craftsman!
A confusing mess

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Colin Dexter
Manufacturer: Ivy Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse Mysteries) (Inspector Morse Mysteries)
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Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse Mysteries)
Daughters of Cain

ASIN: 0804114919
Release Date: 1997-03-02

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"Morse is a thoroughly convincing detective, and a very humane one, too."

--The New York Times Book Review

Valerie Taylor has been missing since she was a sexy seventeen, more than two years ago. Inspector Morse is sure she's dead. But if she is, who forged the letter to her parents saying "I am alright so don't worry"? Never has a woman provided Morse with such a challenge, for each time the pieces of the jigsaw start falling into place, someone scatters them again. So Valerie remains as tantalizingly elusive as ever. Morse prefers a body--a body dead from unnatural causes. And very soon he gets

one. . . .

"You don't really know Morse until you've read him. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels."

--Chicago Sun-Times

"Fascinating . . . Very satisfying."

--Book Sellers

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A disappointment, even if enjoyable at times.......2007-02-24

Of course I know the Morse television series, but this is my first Morse novel. I will have to try another one. This book is disappointing for the reasons stated by other reviewers, especially a plot that is excessively labyrinthine and, to be honest, not terribly gripping. The ending is also unsatisfactory. Dexter is not a great writer, but I'm sure he's done better work than this one. So I'm not giving up. But if the next one isn't good, then I will probably go back to N. Marsh and M. Allingham.

He's not a genius.......2005-09-04

And he doesn't have the answer way before you do. In fact, you might get it long before Inspector Morse. Doesn't matter, though, because the twists and turns this tale takes will have you second- and third- guessing yourself. Upon the death of another detective, Morse is handed a missing person's case that is already several years old. Seventeen year-old schoolgirl Valerie Taylor went missing one Tuesday, never to be seen again, even as a corpse. Morse prefers corpses, perhaps only because they hold still while he works - and Valerie holds still like a wisp of smoke. The characters that peopled her life all seem to have some possible motive for killing her, but if someone did, where's the body? And if she's dead, what's she doing writing letters to her parents? Finding the answers is fun, especially when you're doing it with a dirty old man like Morse.

Sex (a little) but no car chases.........2005-09-02

Book loaned by a friend who noted that I was a John Mortimer/Rumpole fan and who thought I might enjoy Inspector Morse. I am sure there is some grist there and other reviews are probably more valid than mine owing to my decidedly pedestrian tastes.

The book started out with an interesting premise (but don't all mysteries?) but quickly wound its way onto a labyrinth of side plots, sub-narratives, and entanglements with, frankly no redeeming steamy sex (except when Morse and Lewis visit the strip tease show) or car chases to revive my interest.

Our poor old C.I. Morse even makes several self-admitted blunders as he stumbles into the mystery's resolution.

Mr. Dexter is a very good writer; I am just a very poor reader..

..short attention span and all that.

Dexter is a master craftsman!.......2004-07-26

This is a very intelligent book, and in it we see a very vulnerable, although still brilliant Morse. Dexter writes in such a way that we're there every step of the way with Morse as he stumbles his way around trying to solve a very confusing, old disappearance case. It is done so well, that as we read and see through Morse's eyes, the tension keeps on building and building. We begin to wonder why we can't figure out what happened to Valerie Taylor either. As well done as the televisin series is, and I have seen this story enacted, it cannot come close to the intricasies of the plot in this particular book. One of the best examples I've seen of plot and character development done in the mystery genre.

A confusing mess.......2000-11-19

This book seemed promising at first, but got worse as the chapters went by. A poorly constructed plot with bland characters made it hard to stay interested. The seperate parts were not well connected, and it was hard to lose interest. Even the mystery was not intriguing, and hardly made me want to find out what happened. There was no action, and it mostly consisted of interveiws and dialogue with no real point. However, there were some clever lines that showed Colin Dexter has some talent. This was my first book by this author, and it will probably be my last.

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Hillary Waugh
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0881846074

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Colin Dexter
Manufacturer: Macmillan Audio Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 0333906640

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Hillary Waugh
Manufacturer: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000BLMCRM

6 Titles By Colin Dexter Inspector Morse Series : Last Bus to Woodstock Last Seen Wearing Service of All the Dead The Way Through the Woods The Daughters of Cain Death Is Now My Neighbour

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6 Titles By Colin Dexter Inspector Morse Series : Last Bus to Woodstock Last Seen Wearing Service of All the Dead The Way Through the Woods The Daughters of Cain Death Is Now My Neighbour
Colin Dexter
Manufacturer: Various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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6 Titles By Colin Dexter Inspector Morse Series : Last Bus to Woodstock Last Seen Wearing Service of All the Dead The Way Through the Woods The Daughters of Cain Death Is Now My Neighbour. six mmpb books.

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Last Seen Wearing
Hillary Waugh
Manufacturer: Pocket Books, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K1V5K8

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Hillary Waugh
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000EEPJL

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Colin Dexter
Manufacturer: Pan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ODKL2A

Last Seen Wearing: An Inspector Morse Mystery (Unabridged)

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Last Seen Wearing: An Inspector Morse Mystery (Unabridged)
Colin Dexter
Manufacturer: audible.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Download
ASIN: B0009CUV30

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Hillary Waugh
Manufacturer: IMPRESS MYSTERY/READER'S DIGES
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OKFU1A

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