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by Colin Dexter (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (22 Jun 1999)
  • ISBN-10: 0517455994
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517455999
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine entry in the Inspector Morse series., 23 Mar 2006
By Mary Whipple (New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Is Now My Neighbor: An Inspector Morse Novel (Hardcover)
When Sir Clicksby Breen, at age 69, decides to retire as Master of Lonsdale College, Oxford, two in-house candidates become the frontrunners to succeed him. In both cases, their wives are at least as interested in acquiring the title of "Lady," which comes with the appointment, as their husbands are in becoming Master, and in both cases the wives have something in their backgrounds to hide.

In this somewhat fragmented mystery in which the action evolves on parallel tracks, Inspector Morse is called to investigate the murder of a young woman, Rachel James, in what appears to have been a case of mistaken identity. She is the next door neighbor of Geoffrey Owens, a reporter who dabbles in blackmail, and many people have reason to want him dead, including both of the Oxford dons and/or their wives.

Filled with red herrings and digressions, the mystery follows the life of the dons, the Master, their wives, reporter/blackmailer Geoffrey Owens, a neighbor who may be providing Owens with an alibi, and even the madam of a house of ill repute. The finicky and grammatically precise Inspector Morse, accompanied by his more relaxed and less educated assistant, Sgt. Lewis, play off each other to provide some moments of good humor, and the reader comes to know Morse in new ways--in his increasing fondness for drink and in his new diagnosis of diabetes. He also becomes attracted to a new woman.

Though the mystery is entertaining, it is less polished than some others in this series. With a large cast of characters to develop, Dexter sometimes allows the overlaps and complexities of the characters' relationships to obscure the issue of who murdered Rachel James in her home and why, and when a second murder occurs later in the novel, the case becomes particularly complex, since the murdered person has been one of the suspects in Rachel's murder. The ending, which ties up all the loose ends, comes abruptly, and the motivation of the murderer is not as strong as it is in some of Morse's other cases. An excellent mystery, but not Morse's best case. n Mary Whipple

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars death is my neighbour, 23 April 2009
This review is from: Death is Now My Neighbour: An Inspector Morse Story (Audio Cassette)
Another intriguing Morse story, full of the usual twists and turns and Morse getting it wrong more than once but, as ever, ending up at the right conclusion. Kevin Whateley is marvellous at reading these stories - we get the ever faithful Lewis, whose tones we are so familiar with and he really does convey Morse's grumpiness, his frustration and his delight when he finally figures it all out. It could almost be the much missed John Thaw.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brain teaser, 7 Oct 2000
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This review is from: Death Is Now My Neighbour (The New Inspector Morse Series:12) (Hardcover)
Death is now my neighbour is a complicated detective story that will challenge its readers to their limits. The solution is glimpsed frequently before a new clue or piece of evidence shatters the puzzle again. I promise that you will love this book with its complicated detective plot mixed with brilliant characters and humour.
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