Der Tod von Yvonne Harrison beschäftigt das Thames Valley Police Department bereits seit einem Jahr. Gefesselt und geknebelt starb sie auf ihrem eigenen Bett, und alles deutet darauf hin, dass sie sich freiwillig in diese Lage begab. Anonyme Anrufe bringen neue Bewegung in den Fall - ein Rätsel, wie geschaffen für Inspector Morse. Doch aus unerklärlichen Gründen wehrt er sich dagegen, den Fall offiziell zu übernehmen. Seinen langjährigen Partner Sergeant Lewis quält mehr und mehr der Verdacht, dass der große Morse ein dunkles Geheimnis hat.
Der Tod von Yvonne Harrison beschäftigt das Thames Valley Police Department bereits seit einem Jahr. Gefesselt und geknebelt starb sie auf ihrem e...
Die noblen Höfe des Lonsdale Colleges mit ihren manikürten Rasenflächen scheinen weit weg zu sein von den Unruhen der Außenwelt - wie etwa dem Mord an einer jungen Frau in Nord-Oxford. Doch nicht alles ist so friedlich, wie es scheint. Der Rektor des Colleges geht in Rente, und zwischen zwei Professoren ist ein harter Kampf um dessen Nachfolge entbrannt. Nur zwei Menschen ist die Frage um die Besetzung des Postens noch wichtiger: den Ehefrauen. Morse' Mordermittlungen führen ihn derweil durch die Stripclubs von Soho, doch schon bald deuten die Hinweise zum Lonsdale College. Ist die...
Die noblen Höfe des Lonsdale Colleges mit ihren manikürten Rasenflächen scheinen weit weg zu sein von den Unruhen der Außenwelt - wie etwa dem ...
Service of All the Dead is the fourth novel in Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series. 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. In the quiet parish of St Frideswide's, most people could still remember the murder of the churchwarden. A few could still recall the murderer's suicide. Even the police closed the case. But Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting that not everything might be so tidily put to rest. And a...
Service of All the Dead is the fourth novel in Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series. The sweet countenance of Reason greeted Morse serenely when he ...
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague. When the newly-appointed and gifted member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate is murdered in his north Oxford home, so starts a formidably complicated homicide case for Chief Inspector Morse. For tracking down the killer will involve navigating the insular and labyrinthine world of Oxford colleges . . . The Silent World of...
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the s...
The first intriguing case that began Colin Dexter’s phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. ‘Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?’ Lewis was nobody’s fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity. ‘Yes, sir.’ An engaging smile crept across Morse’s mouth. He thought they could get on well together . . . The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon’s edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening, Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and...
The first intriguing case that began Colin Dexter’s phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. ‘Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?â€...
Last Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Why now? Why Friday 12th September – two years, three months and two days after Valerie Taylor had left home to return to afternoon school? He frowned. ‘Something’s turned up, I suppose.’ Strange nodded. ‘Yes.’ After leaving her home in Oxford to return to school in London, seventeen-year-old Valerie Taylor completely vanished. Despite the efforts of the police and Chief Inspector Ainley, the trail went cold and she was never found. Two years on, Ainley is dead, and Inspector...
Last Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Why now? Why Friday 12th September – two years...
