Jewel That Was Ours: 9 (Inspector Morse) - Softcover

Dexter, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804109818 ISBN 13: 9780804109819

Publisher: Ivy Books,U.S., 1993

Synopsis

"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle."
THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE
The case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking--and drinking--in the hotel's bar, certain the solution is close at hand--until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise....
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man [Morse] deduce."
MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE

About this title

Book Description:

'A classic Dexter mix of mysterious corpses, intriguing clues, dreaming spires – and Morse himself' Today

From the Back Cover:

He looked overweight around the midriff, though nowhere else, and she wondered whether perhaps he drank too much. He looked weary, as if he had been up most of the night conducting his investigations . . .

For Oxford, the arrival of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary . . . until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph Hotel.

It looks like a sudden - and tragic - accident. Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous theft of a jewel-encrusted antique from the victim's handbag.

Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Maybe. But this time Morse is determined to prove the link . . .

'Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is complete' Sunday Times

'A classical Dexter mix of mysterious corpses, intriguing clues, dreaming spires - and Morse himself' Today

About this edition

• Publisher: Ivy Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0804109818
• ISBN 13: 9780804109819
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256