The Riddle of the Third Mile

Dexter, Colin

ISBN 10: 0333358120 / ISBN 13: 9780333358122

Published by Macmillan, London, 1983, first impression,, 1983

About this Item

1st edition, hardback, 224pp, ex-library, stamps on endpaper and on fore-edges, pages edges browned, otherwise sound, publisher's cloth, no external library markings, Good condition in Very Good dustwrapper ; not price-clipped. ISBN: 0333358120.

Seller Inventory # 35492

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Riddle of the Third Mile
• Publisher: Macmillan, London, 1983, first impression,
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333358120
• ISBN 13: 9780333358122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • fiction

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Synopsis

This is the sixth (6) novel of this series. Inspector Morse is not sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding the London train several days before. Whatever the truth, the inspector knows it will not be simple—it never is. As he retraces Professor Browne-Smith's route through a London netherworld of topless bars and fancy bordellos, his forebodings are fulfilled. The evidence mounts; so do the bodies. So Morse downs another pint, unleashes his pit bull instincts, and solves a mystery that defies all logic.

From the Inside Flap

"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."
--The New York Times Book Review
Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding the London train several days before. Whatever the truth, the inspector knows it won't be simple--it never is. As he retraces Professor Browne-Smith's route through a London netherworld of topless bars and fancy bordellos, his forebodings are fulfilled. The evidence mounts; so do the bodies. So Morse downs another pint, unleashes his pit bull instincts, and solves a mystery that defies all logic.
"[Dexter] is a magician with character, story construction, and the English language. . . . Colin Dexter and Morse are treasures of the genre."
--Mystery News
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man deduce."
--Minneapolis Star & Tribune