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"<Morse is> the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot." --The New York Times Book Review Nicholas Quinn is deaf, so he considers himself lucky to be appointed to the Foreign Examinations Board at Oxford, which designs tests for students of... read more

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Whilst the other four took their seats in the upstairs lounge of the Cherwell Motel, he walked over to the bar and ordered the drinks: two gins and tonics, two medium sherries, one dry sherry-the latter for himself.

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This is book 3 of 18 in Inspector Morse Mysteries. (standard series)

Preceded by Last Seen Wearing, and followed by Service of All the Dead.

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  1. Colin Dexter (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan
Country: England
Publication Date: 1977
ISBN: 0333216261
Page Count: 254

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