Death Is Now My Neighbour [Hardcover]

Colin Dexter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 24, 2000

Colin Dexter's brain-teasing whodunit unravels a complex web of deceit and betrayal in the upper echelons of Oxford academia. At the centre of this web is the murder of a young woman, Rachel James, shot from close range through her kitchen window. Chief Inspector E. Morse is called in to investigate, but the motive is frustratingly elusive and alibis are thick on the ground. But then, after a visit to his GP, Morse is face with a far more personal crisis.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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 lives in Oxford. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd (November 24, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0333905504
• ISBN-13: 978-0333905500
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,298,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Typically British, October 22, 2007

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Kathleen S. Mcbride (Morongo Valley, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Is Now My Neighbour (Audio CD)

I took a long time to get to the point. A little tedious at times.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read to solve the Great Morse Mystery-his name!, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Death Is Now My Neighbour (Audio Cassette)

According to a young friend from Exeter, England, the title theme music provides the Inspector's first name....keyed out in Morse Code. If you are, as am I, not proficient in that art, you may care to read this piece for no other reason than to find the christening link. However, once committed you may find yourself giving the tome a double reading: once to follow a path wound through a traumatized village populace infused with fear and suspicious neighbors; and then through the pages once again to look sharp for the subtle moment of the Great Unveiling! Morse himself believes the name uncomfortable and awful, so he basically never places the moniker into public play. His Quaker Mum had her reasons....reasons which a curmudgeon like Morse would also find "uncomfortable". If ever you endeavor to undertake this challenge, you'll not be left wondering any longer, and entertained in the process. By the way, the name is actually listed somewhere in this review, as well. See how innocuous it may prove to be! Enjoy... and good sleuthing to you!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great writing, plotting and characterizations!, September 18, 2005

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S. Schwartz "romonko" (alberta canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death Is Now My Neighbour (Paperback)

In fact, what we've come to expect from Colin Dexter. His Morse series is a reader's dream! Dexter pens a great story, and the mysteries in these stories are also very good - complex and difficult to solve. As much as I enjoyed the televesion programs, reading the books has been a delight! Morse is just as brilliant as John Thaw portrayed him, but he is something more. He's much more vulnerable, mercurial, quixotic and yes, more eccentric. He drinks more and lives larger than he appears on TV, and these have an effect on his health. In this book, we see a vulnerable Morse battling his mortality while he tries to solve a complex case. He wins the battle this time, but we know that the next book will be his last and that makes reading this book a bitter-sweet experience. Read this series! It should not be missed!