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Last Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
Morse was beset by a nagging feeling. Most of his fanciful notions about the Taylor girl had evaporated and he had begun to suspect that further investigation into Valerie's disappearance would involve little more than sober and tedious routine...
After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail...
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Nicholas Quinn is deaf, so he considers himself lucky to be appointed to the Foreign Examinations Board at Oxford, which designs tests for students of English around the world. But when someone slips cyanide into Nicholas's sherry, Inspector Morse has a multiple-choice murder. Any one of a tight little group of academics could have killed Quinn. Before Morse is done, all their dirty little secrets will be exposed. And a murderer will be cramming for...
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“The Dead of Jericho” is the fifth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set “Inspector Morse” series.
Morse switched on the gramophone to 'play’ and sought to switch his mind away from all the terrestrial troubles. Sometimes, this way, he almost managed to forget. But not tonight...
Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit.
He turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on the afternoon of...
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“The Riddle of the Third Mile” is the sixth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact, nobody would miss most of them at all...
By the 16th of July the Master of Lonsdale was concerned, but not yet worried.
Dr....
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“The Secret of Annexe 3” is the seventh novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise—a change of dress, a change of make-up, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most consummate artist of them all...
Chief Inspector Morse seldom...
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BFS Video
Pub. Date
1990
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Morse and Lewis have to tackle a particularly unsavory case involving child abuse. Their inquiries into the murder of an eminent environmentalist, killed minutes before he was scheduled to give a controversial lecture, unearth skeletons in the cupboard of a respectable academic family.
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"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--facing charges of willful murder, sexual assault and rape. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key . . ."--P. [4] of cover.
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An Inspector Morse Mystery. The case seems so simple that Inspector Morse deems 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...
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Carlton
Pub. Date
c1992
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
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Sergeant Lewis gets to display his cricketing skills as a sub with the Clarets XI old boys' team when they gather for their annual match at Oxford, but Morse is called in when one of the team is murdered.
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Little progress had been made by the Thames Valley Police since the discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The police had no weapon, no suspect, and no motive. But within days of taking over the investigation, Chief Inspector Morse and Detective Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new information about the life and death of the victim, Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College, Oxford. The trail leads to a staircase in Wolsey College and a former...
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Colin Dexter's Chief Inspector Morse-the cranky, heavy-drinking, and exasperatingly brilliant sleuth of the Thames Valley Police-has become one of the most beloved detectives in fiction. Now, with this collection of eleven short stories, we can savor choice examples of his dry wit, devious cunning, and psychological insight at its best.Colin Dexter tantalizes us with six Inspector Morse adventures, ranging from bite-size morsels of intrigue to longer...
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Inspector Morse volume 12
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Two Oxford dons vie to succeed the master of Lonsdale College and the result is murder. In the course of his investigation, Inspector Morse learns there are two people to whom the appointment means even more than it does to the dons--their wives. By the author of The Daughters of Cain.
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BFS Video
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[2000?], c1992
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1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Inspector Morse returns when a schoolgirl from a wealthy family is missing. Morse is convinced she has been murdered and his investigations reveal that there is more going on at her exclusive school than meets the eye. But before he has unravelled the mystery, he finds another murder on his hands.
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BFS Video
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c2000
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1 videodisc (ca. 153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In this last Morse dramatization, an ailing Inspector Morse returns to work to investigate new evidence that has surfaced regarding the brutal murder of the agreeably flirtatious nurse who attended to him when he was in the hospital.
17) The last enemy
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BFS Video
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[2002?], c1988
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1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Inspector Morse is back in Oxford when a body is found in the canal and the only clue to its identity points to a connection with one of the colleges.
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BFS Video
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c2002
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1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Playboy architect Michael Gifford has been found strangled in his car and the only clues to the murder are his diary and a car park ticket. The diary shows that Gifford had regular assignations in the car park and a telephone number proves to be that of a local insurance company, although Gifford did not have a policy there. The plot thickens as Morse and Lewis uncover a love triangle involving the dead man.--Container.
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BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2002
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1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Inspector Morse is called in to investigate one of the most puzzling murder cases yet. Someone is selling examination secrets at Oxford and making a killing in more ways than one. Nicholas Quinn is the hard-of-hearing member of an examinations board until one day he is found dead at home. Can Morse match up the clues with the killer?--Container.
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BFS Video
Pub. Date
c2002
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1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A precious jewel known as The Wolvercote tongue is missing and its owner has been found dead in a hotel room. Morse suspects foul play, despite the pathologist's report that she died of a heart attack.
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