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Inspector Morse takes on the case of a young woman found raped and murdered in a pub parking lot. The list of suspects gets longer as Morse and Sergeant Lewis, working together for the first time, discover that the victim was far from innocent.
This is the first of the Inspector Morse series, and the second that I've read (The Dead of Jericho a few months ago). The mystery here is done really well and is hard to figure out. The cons:the romance between Morse and a suspect's roommate is sudden and ...more
This is the first of the Inspector Morse series, and the second that I've read (The Dead of Jericho a few months ago). The mystery here is done really well and is hard to figure out. The cons:the romance between Morse and a suspect's roommate is sudden and ...more
#18 02/09/06 LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK by Colin Dexter
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Mystery, 1975, 282 pgs
TIME/PLACE: 1970's, Oxford, UK
CHARACTERS: Inspector Morse
COMMENTS: 1st Inspector Morse book. Sylvia Kaye,
along w/ another woman hitches a ride at night when they miss the last bus to Woodstock. They are left off at different places. Sylvia is brutally murdererd and found outside a pub. Lots of twists. A tad dated. Look forward to more Morse.
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RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Mystery, 1975, 282 pgs
TIME/PLACE: 1970's, Oxford, UK
CHARACTERS: Inspector Morse
COMMENTS: 1st Inspector Morse book. Sylvia Kaye,
along w/ another woman hitches a ride at night when they miss the last bus to Woodstock. They are left off at different places. Sylvia is brutally murdererd and found outside a pub. Lots of twists. A tad dated. Look forward to more Morse.
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