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The Secret of Annexe 3 (Hardcover)

by Colin Dexter (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan; First Edition, First Impression edition (Oct 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0333431391
  • ISBN-13: 978-0333431399
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 386,678 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The guests at Haworth Hotel rose late on New Years' Day - except for the guest in Annexe 3, who was lying dead on the blood-soaked bed. Inspector Morse's inquiries turned up a series of confusing identities among the remaining guests. And how had the hotel's booking confirmation been delivered by the Royal Mail to a non-existent address?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic English Detective Novel, 21 April 2001
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This review is from: The Secret of Annexe 3 (Pan crime) (Paperback)
A classic Inspector Morse mystery concerning the murder of a guest staying in the annexe of an Oxford hotel over the New Year period. The fact that all the guests were in fancy dress for the party on the night of the murder only complicates matters considerably.

This novel could almost be used as a text-book on how-to-write-a-whodunnit by budding crime writers. Once again Colin Dexter's legendary skill in planting clues for the reader is on display to the full - he loves using clues planted in lists and in incongruous looking letters. By using a fancy dress ball he reverts to the old dictum of the Father of Crime, Edgar Allan Poe - Q. How do you hide something best? A. By placing it right before your eyes. A brilliant and hellishly devious criminal puzzle, outsmarting all but the great detective (of course!).

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5.0 out of 5 stars An extra-marital affair with a twist, 16 Aug 2009
By Thomas Koetzsch (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Secret Of Annexe 3 (Inspector Morse) (Paperback)
This is probably the funniest Inspector Morse mystery I have read so far.

What do you do if you are caught with your pants or your knickers down in an extra-marital affair?

Well, you have really two options. You can either kill your partner or you can kill your lover. This is roughly the story of this book in a nutshell. The actual murder takes place in the annexe of an Oxford Hotel but the option chosen is only revealed towards the end of the book. Although the people involved in the plot stay at the hotel under assumed names, Chief Inspector Morse works out the real name of the person at the centre of the plot and even though he explains his line of argument to Sergeant Lewis I found that argument a bit hard to follow. But the identification of that person does help him a lot towards solving this mystery.

A third option would of course have been for the person at the centre of the plot to get rid of both partner and lover and the book gives the impression that that is an option which may have been seriously entertained but whether this is indeed the case is again not revealed until the very end of this book.

Similarly to his other Inspector Morse novels I found this book a real page turner. I would assume that the purpose of these novels is not to write them in such a way that they can easily be adapted to television but rather to serve as enjoyment to the reader and I think Colin Dexter has again done an excellent job.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Revenge is best served Cold!, 26 Oct 2007
By Calculus (4th Dimension) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Secret Of Annexe 3 (Inspector Morse) (Paperback)
This is my second Morse novel, having recently read 'The Way through the Woods', and loving every bit of it. I bought 'The Second Inspector Morse Omnibus' and this was one of the novels in it. Well, basically, this novel is fantastic.
The murder is fast-paced and the action is swift and efficent. Dexter's skill with naration allows the reader to delve into the mind sof the characters (written realistically) and really feel part of the situation. The individual chapters even have their own specific date!
This novel is truely enthrawling and unputdownable. When the final revelation comes, the truth is enthrawling and amazing. Even if the final solution is a bit far-fetched, it's absolutely fantastic all the same. A fantastic couple of days reading. Sheer pleasure!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dear oh, dear...what was he thinking?
Having read a few of the 'Inspector Morse' books ,I was amazed/horrified that Dexter got this one past the publisher. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2005

2.0 out of 5 stars Unfilmable early work
You may have wondered why The Secret of Annexe 3 was never adapted for television. Almost certainly this was because it hinges on an unfilmable and ludicrously unbelievable... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2003 by Durnovaria

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