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"He looked overweight around the midriff, though nowhere else, and she wondered whether perhaps he drank too much. He looked weary, as if he had been up most of the night conducting his investigations . . ." For Oxford, the arrival of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary . . . until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph Hotel. It looks like a sudden - and tragic - accident. Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous theft of a jewel-encrusted antique from the victim's handbag . . . Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Maybe. But this time Morse is determined to prove the link . . .
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"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle."
THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE
The case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking--and drinking--in the hotel's bar, certain the solution is close at hand--until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise....
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man [Morse] deduce."
MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE
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About the Author
Colin Dexter twice won the Gold Dagger Award, the Crime Writers' Association's honor for the best novel of the year. He was the author of many novels, novellas, and short stories featuring Inspector Morse. He died in 2017.
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- PublisherMacmillan ELT
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0333934490
- ISBN 13 9780333934494
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages112
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Condition: Muy bueno. : En ældre amerikansk turist dør af et hjerteslag på det luksuriøse Randolph Hotel i Oxford. Det synes ikke at være en sag for kommissær Morse, men så viser det sig at en uvurderlig ædelsten, som afdødes mand har testamenteret til et nærliggende museum, er forsvundet. EAN: 9780333934494 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Libros universitarios y de estudios superiores|Humanidades Título: The Jewel That Was Ours Mgr Int Autor: Colin Dexter| Julie Day Editorial: Macmillan Education (23 abril 2002) Idioma: EN Páginas: 112 Peso: 128 Año de publicación: 2002. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-03-02-6a5efbd9
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