- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (7 Sep 1984)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330283928
- ISBN-13: 978-0330283922
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Dr Browne-Smith had passed through the porter's lodge at 8.15am and nobody had heard from him since. Plenty of time for him to disappear, thought Inspector Morse, and plenty of time for him to cover his trail. Other Morse books include "Service of All Dead" and "The Dead of Jericho".
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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 Browne-Smith had passed through the porter’s lodge at approximately 8.15 a.m. on the morning of Friday, 11th July. And nobody had heard from him since. Plenty of time to disappear, thought Morse. And plenty of time, too, for someone to commit murder . . .
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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TIP TOP,
By Roderick Spode "Roddy" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Riddle Of The Third Mile (Inspector Morse) (Paperback)
This is very intelligent writing and engages the reader at many differing levels from the outset. A classic of the genre.
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Dexter continues his Morse code!,
By Donald Barber (Quinlan, Tx) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Riddle of the Third Mile (Pan Crime) (Inspector Morse Mysteries) (Paperback)
It's certainly a crime of the most perplexing sort--so perplexing (and convoluted) that itwould take an Inspector Morse to separate the "facts" from "fiction"! In Colin Dexter's Morse novel, one of a long series, the erswhile policeman finds himself "drowning" in a sea of clues, lies, innuendos, red herrings. A dismembered body is fished out of the Oxford Canal--only the torso remains and Morse and Sergeant Lewis are up to the challenge. As if often the case, Oxford University is involved. A don has disappeared, leaving about a plethora of clues. It's the long and winding road down the halls of academe for the Thames Valley police and the trail bounces back and forth to London and some of its seedier spots. The scenario seems set with an opening scene out of World War II, when the Dexter pulls on punches as he permits Morse and Lewis to take on this I found this one probably to be the most delightful and intriguing of the Morse series,
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A bit bizarre but still a great story,
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This review is from: The Riddle Of The Third Mile (Inspector Morse) (Paperback)
This is another fine Inspector Morse mystery!
It starts off with a rather gruesome looking body fished out of the Oxford Canal. As the story strings along, you the reader become convinced that you know who the body is, or better was. But matters are not quite as easy as you think. There are plenty of clues all over the place and it takes a Chief Inspector Morse and a Sergeant Lewis - whose importance is growing - to separate the rubbish from the quality and come up with a credible `who is the corpse and how did it come about to be in this state and what is he doing in the Oxford Canal anyway'. What I found a bit bizarre (or maybe unusual is a better word) is that there is a chap who has harboured a spot of hatred against one of the main characters in this book because of something that happened in Egypt in WWII and because of this hatred he sets up a scheme to trap the chap in question to take his revenge on him. Yet when they meet face to face that chap not only manages to talk the other guy out of taking his revenge but instead to use the same set-up to trap someone else. I just find it unusual that someone harbours a specific hatred against someone else and builds it up for 40 years and then after having been given evidence by the object of his hatred that he was all wrong simply abandons his hatred without a second thought. To me that's a bit of a weak point in this book. You will have to read the book though to find out whether you agree or disagree with me. But apart from the above point, this is a real page turner. I can only highly recommend it.
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