- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan; 1st ed 1st printg edition (15 Sep 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 033376157X
- ISBN-13: 978-0333761571
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 346,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Why has Inspector Morse refused to lead the reinvestigation into the murder of Yvonne Harrison? When Lewis learns that Morse was once friendly with Yvonne, he begins to suspect that he knows more about her death than he is letting on. Could this be the last Inspector Morse mystery? Paperback: ISBN 0333761588, $25.00.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't know what it is. Perhaps it's the short chapters, which give you enough to get you intrigued and leave you wanting to find out what happens next. (It's one of those books where you tell yourself you've always got time for one more chapter). Or perhaps it's some force at work within the novel, something to do with Dexter's laying out of the plot, the way he moves from one event to the next. But what is perhaps the most obvious reason for the appeal of the Morse novels (and in particular this one) is the man himself, good old Endeavour.
There's something about the character that attracts the reader. Most of Morse's most prevalent foibles, and the most notable events from his past, are brought in here. The parallels with A. E. Housman are there - an old and clever man, who never married, who failed his degree (at St. John's College, Oxford - see 'The Riddle of the Third Mile') and who finds the sight of blood and death one that is sickening and saddening. There is even a quotation from Housman as an epigraph for the book, whence Dexter got the title of this, the final mystery.
This was probably the longest of all Morse novels, yet it sustains the reader's interest, primarily because we want to see what happens to Morse. For the Morse novels have never really been about solving crime, have they? They're about the character.
The television adaptation was good too, especially when Morse (John Thaw) recited the Housman lines to Lewis. One of those lump-in-the-throat moments.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Never before has an author moved me with a single word. Yet the end of this final Morse mystery reduced me to tears. A fitting end to a remarkable career, for Morse, and for the series of books that allowed us to follow his life of crime-solving. This book drew together the relationships Morse had with those around him, the effect he had on the lives of others, and a side to him that had only before been hinted at. If the end of this book is anything to go by, Colin Dextor is as upset at losing Morse as his fans are, for never has a farewell to a character felt so poignant. By far and away, the most moving novel I have ever read.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the final Inspector Morse novel. I read all of them and they were all excellent. This book is about Morse's last case, he solves it as always with Sergeant Lewis's help. But the case itself is not what really matters here: it is the MAN himself with all his little faults, his drinking problem, his unhappy love-affairs; the man who loves Wagner and enjoys driving his Jag; the 'loyal, honest policeman. Morse and Lewis, you both are leaving a big wide void and we'll miss you very much. THANK YOU and GOODBYE!
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I laughed, I cried...and cried and cried...!
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