Service of All the Dead
04 September 2008Synopsis
Service of All the Dead is the fourth novel in Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series.
The sweet countenance of Reason greeted Morse serenely when he woke, and told him that it would be no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before galloping off to a solution.
In the quiet parish of St Frideswide's, most people could still remember the murder of the churchwarden. A few could still recall the murderer's suicide. Even the police closed the case.
But Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting that not everything might be so tidily put to rest. And a chance meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a conspiracy to deceive . . .
Service of All the Dead is followed by the fifth Inspector Morse book, The Dead of Jericho.
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04 September 2008
9780330468602Reviews
Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is completeSunday Times
No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin DexterGuardian
Dexter has created a giant among fictional detectivesThe Times
The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect hauntingDaily Telegraph
