Book description
Bizarre and bewildering - that's what so many murder investigations in
the past had proved to be . . . In this respect, at least, Lewis was
correct in his thinking. What he could not have known was what
unprecedented anguish the present case would cause to Morse's soul.
Chief Superintendent Strange's opinion was that too little progress had
been made since the discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The
victim had been killed by a single stab wound to the stomach. Yet the
police had no weapon, no suspect, no motive. Within days of taking over
the case Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new
information about the life and death of Dr Felix McClure. When another
body is discovered Morse suddenly finds himself with rather too many
suspects. For once, he can see no solution. But then he receives a
letter containing a declaration of love . . .
Colin Dexter has won many awards for his novels including the CWA
Gold Dagger and Silver Dagger awards. In 1997 he was presented with
the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding services to crime
literature. Colin's thirteenth and final Inspector Morse novel, The
Remorseful Day, was published in 1999. He lives in Oxford.
