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Colin Dexter
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The Wench Is Dead |
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English |
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Paperback |
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208 |
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1991-07-12 |
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0330313363 |
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Pan Books |
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0.26 pounds |
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0.67 x 5.08 x 6.97 inches |
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Product Description
In 1856 the body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford canal. In 1989 Inspector Morse is taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital with a perforated ulcer. As Morse begins his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation of Joanna's death and subsequent murder trial.
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Hazel Clapham (United Kingdom) (2008/04/19):
An Inspector Morse detective story.
annie (Greece) (2010/04/13):
Inspector Morse solves a murder that took place 150 years ago.
chris (Japan) (2011/12/10):
Hard drinking Inspector Morse collapses at home but is luckily found by his cleaning woman who recognises the signs of a perforated ulcer, as her late husband had died from that same condition. A reluctant Morse is hospitalised and forced to rest while undergoing treatment. He is given a copy of a book based on an actual murder case which took place in 1859, in which the crew of a canal boat were executed for the murder of a young female passenger. Despite pleading their innocence, the boatmen's story was never believed. Morse is fascinated by the case and gets the visiting, librarian daughter of another patient in his hospital ward to bring him in copies of the old newspapers which carried the stories. He then fills in his days in bed with solving several puzzling aspects of the case.
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