The Remorseful Day is the thirteenth and final novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
'Where does this all leave us, sir?'
'Things are moving fast.'
'We're getting near the end, you mean?'
'We were always near the end.'
The murder of Yvonne Harrison had left Thames Valley CID baffled. A year after the dreadful crime they are still no nearer to making an arrest. But one man has yet to tackle the case – and it is just the sort of puzzle at which Chief Inspector Morse excels.
So why is he adamant that he will not lead the re-investigation, despite the entreaties of Chief Superintendent Strange and dark hints of some new evidence? And why, if he refuses to take on the case officially, does he seem to be carrying out his own private enquiries?
For Sergeant Lewis this is yet another example of the unsettling behaviour his chief has been displaying of late . . .
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781035005406
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 320 g
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 28 mm
Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is complete - The Sunday Times
No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin Dexter - The 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, The Sunday Telegraph
The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect haunting - The 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 - The Oxford Times
[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot - The New York Times Book Review
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