Dead of Jericho (Inspector Morse)

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"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT."

--The New York Times Book Review



He meets her at a suburban party. They share a flirtation over their red wine . . . and he doesn t see her again. It s the old familiar story for Morse. Then one day he just happens to be in Jericho, where Anne Scott lives. Nobody s home--and Morse should know since her door is unlocked and he takes a quick look inside. Only later does Morse learn that the lady was at home, just not alive. The jury s verdict at the inquest is death by suicide. But that doesn t sit right with Morse, and he embarks on his own investigation into the tangled private life of a lovely woman, all the while feeling his own remorse of what might have been. . . .



"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



"A masterful crime writer whom few others match."

--Publishers Weekly