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The Riddle of the Third Mile

Colin Dexter

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Pan
29 October 2024
The Riddle of the Third Mile is the sixth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. As portrayed by John Thaw in ITV's Inspector Morse.

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. . .

Dr Browne-Smith passed through the porter's lodge at approximately 8.15 a.m. on the morning of Friday, 11th July. And nobody has heard from him since. By the 16th of July the Master of Lonsdale is concerned, but not yet worried. Plenty of time to disappear, think Chief Inspector Morse. And plenty of time, too, for someone to commit murder . . .

As bodies begin to pile, Morse sets out on a journey through intricate and complicated history, from World War Two Egypt to present-day London, in search of answers.

The Riddle of the Third Mile is followed by the seventh Inspector Morse book, The Secret of Annexe 3.
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Imprint:   Pan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   204g
ISBN:   9781035005413
ISBN 10:   1035005417
Series:   Inspector Morse Mysteries
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Colin Dexter has won many awards for his novels including the CWA Gold Dagger and Silver Dagger awards. In 1997 he was presented with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding services to crime literature. Colin's thirteenth and final Inspector Morse novel, The Remorseful Day, was published in 1999. He died in 2017 at his home in Oxford.

Reviews for The Riddle of the Third Mile

Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is complete * Sunday Times * No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin Dexter * Guardian * Dexter has created a giant among fictional detectives * The Times * A character who will undoubtedly retain his place as one of the most popular and enduring of fictional detectives -- P. D. James * Sunday Telegraph * The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect haunting * Daily Telegraph * The triumph is the character of Morse * Times Literary Supplement * Colin Dexter’s superior crime-craft is enough to make lesser practitioners sick with envy * Oxford Times * [Morse is] the most prickly, conceited and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot * New York Times Book Review *


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