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Last Bus to Woodstock

By Colin Dexter

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780804114905

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"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."
--The New York Times Book Review
"YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU'VE READ
HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series shouldContinue

"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."
--The New York Times Book Review
"YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU'VE READ
HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels."
--Chicago Sun-Times
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is found outside a pub in Woodstock, near Oxford. Morse is sure the other hitchhiker can tell him much of what he needs to know. But his confidence is shaken by the cool inscrutability of the girl he's certain was Sylvia's companion on that ill-fated September evening. Shrewd as Morse is, he's also distracted by the complex scenarios that the murder set in motion among Sylvia's girlfriends and their Oxford playmates. To grasp the painful truth, and act upon it, requires from Morse the last atom of his professional discipline.
"Few novelists write books as intelligent and deliciously frightening as those by Colin Dexter. . . . What Mr. Dexter does so well, so brilliantly, is weave a thick, cerebral story chock-full of literary references and clever red herrings."
--The Washington Times
"A MASTERFUL CRIME WRITER WHOM FEW OTHERS MATCH."
--Publishers Weekly [예스24 제공]

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    I like a whodunnit once in a while, so this 'first Inspector Morse novel' seemed just the ticket. I loved the tv series and had high expectations of the book. However.... I like a whodunnit which has a trail of tiny hints from beginning to end, so you can actually do some detecting along with the pr ... (continue)

    I like a whodunnit once in a while, so this 'first Inspector Morse novel' seemed just the ticket. I loved the tv series and had high expectations of the book. However.... I like a whodunnit which has a trail of tiny hints from beginning to end, so you can actually do some detecting along with the protagonist. This book just dumped all relevant info in the last chapter. Yes, the plot was understandable but completely unexpected. All the clues were left to the very very last pages. Disappointing, therefore.

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