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.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781035005413
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 204 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18 mm
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
There's no denying it; I didn't think that I would ever be as captivated with Morse again as I was when I read the first novel, Last Bus To Woodstock for the first time. However, after moving up through the... More
General bit first about this whole series then more about the book in question.
The series takes two or so books to find its stride. Dexter's writing in the first two is a bit hit and miss but as the series goes...
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